funny
1attempting to amuse; facetious: Did you really mean that or were you just being funny?
warranting suspicion; deceitful; underhanded: We thought there was something funny about those extra charges.
Informal. insolent; impertinent: Don't get funny with me, young man!
Informal. a funny remark or story; a joke: to make a funny.
funnies,
Also called funny paper . the section of a newspaper reserved for comic strips, word games, etc.
Origin of funny
1synonym study For funny
Other words for funny
Other words from funny
- fun·ni·ly, adverb
- fun·ni·ness, noun
- un·fun·ni·ly, adverb
- un·fun·ni·ness, noun
Other definitions for funny (2 of 2)
a shell or light skiff rowed by one person with sculls.
Origin of funny
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British Dictionary definitions for funny
/ (ˈfʌnɪ) /
causing amusement or laughter; humorous; comical
peculiar; odd
suspicious or dubious (esp in the phrase funny business)
informal faint or ill: to feel funny
informal a joke or witticism
Derived forms of funny
- funnily, adverb
- funniness, noun
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Other Idioms and Phrases with funny
In addition to the idioms beginning with funny
- funny bone
- funny business
- funny money
, also see under
- fun
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