Definitions for funny
ˈfʌn ifun·ny

Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. funny story, good story, funny remark, funnyadjective

   an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)

   "she told a funny story"; "she made a funny"

2. amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risibleadjective

   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"

3. curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singularadjective

   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"

4. fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspiciousadjective

   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"

5. funnyadjective

   experiencing odd bodily sensations

   "told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. funnynoun

   Plural form of funnyman.

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1. Funny

   droll; comical; amusing; laughable

2. Funnynoun

   a clinkerbuit, narrow boat for sculling

3. Etymology: [From Fun.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Funny

   fun′i, adj. full of fun: droll: perplexing, odd.—adv. Funn′ily.—ns. Funn′iness, Funn′iment.—Funny bone, a popular name given to what is really the comparatively unprotected ulnar nerve, which, when struck by a blow, shoots a singular tingling sensation down the forearm to the fingers; Funny man, the clown in a circus.

2. Funny

   fun′i, n. a light clinker-built pleasure-boat, with a pair of sculls.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. funny

   A light, clinker-built, very narrow pleasure-boat for sculling, i.e. rowing a pair of sculls. The stem and stern are much alike, both curved. The dimensions are variable, from 20 to 30 feet in length, according to the boat being intended for racing purposes (for which they are mostly superseded by wager-boats), or for carrying one or more sitters.

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1. funny

   Song lyrics by funny -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by funny on the Lyrics.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'funny' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3338

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'funny' in Written Corpus Frequency: #538

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'funny' in Adjectives Frequency: #289

How to pronounce funny?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of funny in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of funny in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of funny in a Sentence

1. Rick Astley:

   When I was a kid, being 50 was pipe and slippers time, it's kind of like you're done, you're going to be retiring ... And I think that's completely different now, it's something to be celebrated or at least to be acknowledged ... Also I thought it would be funny 'cause Adele has called her albums '19', '21' and '25' so I thought ... I'll take '50'.

2. Gary Marsh:

   There is only one Raven -- and for over 25 years, she has blessed audiences around the world with the greatest gift of all -- the pure, unadulterated joy of laugh-out-loud funny, after being a part of over 20 different Disney projects, we are thrilled to be bringing Raven home to Disney Channel once again.

3. Blake Lively:

   I think any jokes about rape, homophobia or Hitler is not a joke, i think that was a hard thing swallow in 30 seconds. Film festivals are such a beautiful, respectful festivals of film and artists and to have that, it felt like it wouldn’t have happened if it was in the 1940s. I can’t imagine Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby going out and doing that. It was more disappointing for the artists in the room that someone was going up there making jokes about something that wasn’t funny.

4. Alan Alda:

   For some reason, leatherbound copies of the goings-on in Congress lined the shelves of our living room, and I pored over them when I was 12. I had never read anything so funny," Alda said. "From then on, I knew I wanted to do comedy.

5. Rich Mandich:

   They laughed at him, they thought it was funny.

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