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English Dictionary: Fun by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Fun
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fun
n
  1. activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the fun of it"; "he is fun to have around"
    Synonym(s): fun, merriment, playfulness
  2. verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport"
    Synonym(s): fun, play, sport
  3. violent and excited activity; "she asked for money and then the fun began"; "they began to fight like fun"
  4. a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement; "her playfulness surprised me"; "he was fun to be with"
    Synonym(s): playfulness, fun
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fun \Fun\, n. [Perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. fonn
      pleasure.]
      Sport; merriment; frolicsome amusement. [bd]Oddity, frolic,
      and fun.[b8] --Goldsmith.
  
      {To make fan of}, to hold up to, or turn into, ridicule.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Fun
  
      A {typed lambda-calculus}, similar to {SOL}[2].   "On
      Understanding Types, Data Abstractions and Polymorphism",
      L. Cardelli et al, ACM Comp Surveys 17(4) (Dec 1985).
  
  
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