fun

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   verbal wit or mockery, often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously

   The teacher became a figure of fun.

2. 2
   noun

   activities that are enjoyable or amusing

   I do it for the fun of it

3. 3
   noun

   violent and excited activity

   They asked for money and then the fun began.

4. 4
   noun

   Amusement, enjoyment or pleasure.

   Grafting your boss's face onto the hind end of a donkey is fun, but serious fun is when you create the impossible and it looks real.

5. 5
   adj

   Enjoyable or amusing.

   We had a fun time at the party.

6. 6
   adj

   Whimsical or flamboyant.

   This year's fashion style is much more fun than recent seasons.

7. 7
   verb

   To tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of.

   Hey, don't get bent out of shape over it; I was just funning you.

8. 8
   noun

   a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement

Etymology

From Middle English fonne, fon (“foolish, simple, silly”) or fonnen (“make a fool of”), from Middle English fonne (“a fool, dupe”), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish fånig (“foolish”), Swedish fåne (“a fool”), from Old Norse fáni (“vain person, swaggerer”), but of unknown ultimate origin. Perhaps related to or influenced by fjäll (“rock, cliff, mountain”). Compare also English fumble, Norwegian Nynorsk fomme (“clumsy fool”). Compare also Norwegian fomme, fume (“a fool”). More at fon, fond. As a noun, fun is recorded from 1700, with a meaning “a cheat, trick, hoax”, from a v…