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English Dictionary: Funny by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Funny
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
funny
adj
  1. arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics"
    Synonym(s): amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible
  2. beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"
    Synonym(s): curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular
  3. not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"
    Synonym(s): fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspicious
  4. experiencing odd bodily sensations; "told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest"
n
  1. an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line); "she told a funny story"; "she made a funny"
    Synonym(s): funny story, good story, funny remark, funny
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Funny \Fun"ny\, n.; pl. {Funnies}.
      A clinkerbuit, narrow boat for sculling. [Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Funny \Fun"ny\, a. [Compar. {Funnier}; superl. {Funniest}.]
      [From {Fun}.]
      Droll; comical; amusing; laughable.
  
      {Funny bone}. See {crazy bone}, under {Crazy}.
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