funny

Less common meanings

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   unwelladjectivecolloquial

   A little sick or not feeling right, often for no reason you can name.

   I feel a little funny, so I think I'll go lie down.

   After the boat ride, my stomach felt funny for the rest of the day.

   UsageUsually after feel: I feel funny.

   Similarunwell

   Oppositewell, fine

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   comic stripnouncolloquialcountable

   A comic strip printed in a newspaper.

   Like the little picture stories you find in a newspaper.

   Every Sunday she goes straight to the funnies in the paper.

   My little brother loves the funnies because of the bright pictures.

   UsageUsually the funnies, meaning the comics pages.

   Similarcomic, cartoon, strip

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   jokenouncolloquialcountable

   A joke or something said to make people laugh.

   Like a quick line that makes everyone smile.

   He cracked a funny that had us all laughing.

   He made a funny at dinner, and even Grandma laughed.

   UsagePeople say make a funny, but joke is more common.

   Similarjoke, gag, quip, wisecrack

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   unfriendlyadjectivecolloquialIrelandUK

   Acting upset or unfriendly in a way you did not expect.

   Don't go funny with me just because I was late.

   She got a bit funny when I asked to borrow her bike.

   UsageSay get funny about something or go funny with someone.

   Similarhuffy, touchy, cold

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   humornouninformalironicuncountable

   Humor, or the part of something meant to make people laugh.

   I really don't see the funny in losing my keys.

   Where's the funny in being stuck in traffic for hours?

   UsageUsually the funny. In normal writing, say humor.

   Similarhumor, comedy

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   adjectivederogatoryoffensiveJamaica

   A rude, hurtful word that calls someone gay or homosexual.

   When they learned he had a boyfriend, some boys called him funny.

   Some neighbors called her uncle funny for loving another man.

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    adverbderogatoryoffensiveJamaica

    In a way that is rudely taken to show that someone is gay.

    Nuff boy move funny just fi get money.

    2018, Jah Lando, Money Hard

    Dem nuh waan nuh honey, dem only waan di money. Dat’s how me know seh dem bwoy deh all a move funny.

    2002, Sean Paul, “Like Glue”

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    rowing boatnoundatedIrelandUKcountable

    A long, narrow rowing boat, pointed at both ends, usually rowed by one person.

    We were going to have a go in one of the double scull ‘funnies’ that could be had from the Rowing Club in the harbour, but he is off up the line tomorrow to rejoin his old Battery.

    1971, Julian Tyndale-Biscoe, Gunner SubalternHere, funnies means narrow rowing boats, pointed at both ends.

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