fun (noun)
1fun — ► NOUN 1) light hearted pleasure or amusement. 2) a source of this. 3) playfulness or good humour. ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ enjoyable. ● make fun of Cf. ↑make fun of …
2fun — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ enormous, excellent (BrE), good, great, terrific, tremendous ▪ pure, sheer ▪ …
3fun — /fʌn / (say fun) noun 1. enjoyment or amusement. –verb (i) (funned, funning) 2. Colloquial to act in a joking way. –adjective Colloquial 3. providing enjoyment or entertainment: a fun place to be. 4. lively and entertaining: a fun person. 5.… …
4fun run — noun a footrace run for fun (often including runners who are sponsored for a charity) • Syn: ↑funrun • Hypernyms: ↑footrace, ↑foot race, ↑run * * * fun run noun A long distance race, not usu covering the full distance of a marathon, undertaken… …
5fun fur — noun : relatively inexpensive or synthetic fur for casual wear * * * fun fur noun An artificial or inexpensive (sometimes dyed) fur, esp for casual wear • • • Main Entry: ↑fun * * * fun fur, a garment made of an inexpensive or imitation fur or… …
6fun and games — noun plural but singular or plural in construction : light amusement * * * fun and games, (often used ironically) playful or lighthearted activity, as at a party: »“There s been a lot of fun and games today,” [the Assemblyman] declared during the …
7noun phrase — noun a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb • Syn: ↑nominal phrase, ↑nominal • Hypernyms: ↑phrase * * * noun Usage: sometimes capitalized N&P : a syntactic element (as a word, phrase, or clause) that can be u …
8fun - funny — ◊ fun If something is fun, it is pleasant, enjoyable, and not serious. It s fun working for him. If you have fun, you enjoy yourself. We had great fun sleeping rough on the beaches. She wanted a bit more …
9fun — noun light hearted pleasure or amusement. ↘a source of fun: people watching is great fun. ↘playfulness or good humour: she s full of fun. adjective informal entertaining or enjoyable. verb (funs, funning, funned) N. Amer. informal joke or tease.… …
10fun — first recorded in 1700 and stigmatized by Dr Johnson as a ‘low cant word’ (i.e. ephemeral jargon), has long hovered on the brink of adjectival status (It was really fun) and more recently has taken a step further in informal attributive uses such …