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English Dictionary: funny bone	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for funny bone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
funny bone n a point on the elbow where the ulnar nerve passes near the surface; a sharp tingling sensation results when the nerve is knocked against the bone; "the funny bone is not humerus" Synonym(s): funny bone, crazy bone
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crazy \Cra"zy\ (kr[amac]"z[ycr]), a. [From {Craze}.] 1. Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe. Piles of mean andcrazy houses. --Macaulay. One of great riches, but a crazy constitution. --Addison. They . . . got a crazy boat to carry them to the island. --Jeffrey. 2. Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged. Over moist and crazy brains. --Hudibras. 3. Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager. [Colloq.] The girls were crazy to be introduced to him. --R. B. Kimball. {Crazy bone}, the bony projection at the end of the elbow (olecranon), behind which passes the ulnar nerve; -- so called on account of the curiously painful tingling felt, when, in a particular position, it receives a blow; -- called also {funny bone}. {Crazy quilt}, a bedquilt made of pieces of silk or other material of various sizes, shapes, and colors, fancifully stitched together without definite plan or arrangement.