Definitions for funny
ˈfʌn ifun·ny

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

1. funny story, good story, funny remark, funny(adj)

   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, risible(adj)

   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, singular(adj)

   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, suspicious(adj)

   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. funny(adj)

   experiencing odd bodily sensations

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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. funny(Noun)

   Plural form of funnyman.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Funny

   droll; comical; amusing; laughable

   Etymology: [From Fun.]

2. Funny(noun)

   a clinkerbuit, narrow boat for sculling

   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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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Romola Garai:

   When I was a child I always wanted to be funny and to please people in my family.

2. One Twitter user:

   It was this progression of how Janice evolved and how the writers created the character for me. The laugh just happened organically, matthew Perry is so funny. I created Janice’s laugh because I knew I needed something.

3. Brooke Williams:

   He was friendly to me and funny, i was just talking to him yesterday in our class and he didn't show any signs of what was to happen today. ... I'm horrified that it was my friend that did it. But it happened, and now it's something he's going to live with and so is all of the community.

4. Jay Leno:

   I would like to do that, but Dave doesn’t really do that. He is very talented. He is really funny. [But] Dave is kind of an odd duck. He is not really that kind of guy.

5. Bethanie Mattek-Sands:

   It was funny, because I was actually googling some players like when John McEnroe played, Arthur Ashe, they had color everywhere. They had color on their sleeves, big stripes, they were coming out in colored jackets. So I feel it's actually gotten stricter.

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