# funny

Pronunciation: say "FUH-nee" /ˈfʌni/

## Adjective

1. Causing amusement or laughter; comical.
   - Simple: Making you laugh or smile because it is amusing.
   - _The comedian's timing made even his weakest lines funny._
   - _His funny impression of the boss had everyone in stitches._
2. Strange or unusual, often in a way that seems wrong or unsettling.
   - Simple: Strange or unusual, often in a way that feels wrong or worrying.
   - _I got a funny feeling that someone was watching us._
   - _The milk tasted funny, so she poured it down the sink._
4. Mildly unwell or out of sorts, frequently with no obvious explanation. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A little sick or not feeling right, often for no reason you can name.
   - _She started feeling funny and a bit dizzy halfway through her shift, so she went home early._
   - _The new medication made him feel funny, so his doctor switched him to something else._
7. Showing unexpected resentment or unfriendliness. *(colloquial, Ireland, UK)*
   - Simple: Acting upset or unfriendly in a way you did not expect.
   - _He went all funny with me after I forgot his birthday._
   - _There's no need to get funny about it. I only asked._
9. An offensive term describing someone as gay or homosexual. *(Jamaica)*
   - Simple: A rude, hurtful word that calls someone gay or homosexual.
   - _After rumors spread that he was dating a man, the older guys at the gym started calling him funny and leaving him out._
   - _He never brought his boyfriend to work parties, afraid the men there would start saying he was funny._

## Adverb

3. In a strange or unusual way. *(nonstandard)*
   - Simple: In a strange way, or not the way it usually is.
   - _The washing machine started shaking funny halfway through the spin cycle._
   - _The door closes funny now that the frame has warped._
10. In a way derogatorily taken to suggest that someone is gay. *(Jamaica)*
   - Simple: In a way that is rudely taken to show that someone is gay.

## Noun

5. A comic strip, especially one printed in a newspaper. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A comic strip printed in a newspaper.
   - _The kids fought over who got to read the funnies first._
   - _When our local paper cut the funnies down to a single page, readers wrote in by the hundreds to complain._
6. A joke or witty remark. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A joke or something said to make people laugh.
   - _He told a few funnies to lighten the mood before the bad news._
   - _Everyone groaned at the pun, and he grinned and said he was only making a funny._
8. Humor; the quality of being amusing. *(informal)*
   - Simple: Humor, or the part of something meant to make people laugh.
   - _The script has clever ideas, but the actors never quite find the funny in it._
   - _He kept waiting for the funny, but the story just went nowhere._

## Noun

11. A narrow rowing boat built for sculling, tapered at both ends and made with overlapping planks. *(dated, Ireland, UK)*
   - Simple: A long, narrow rowing boat, pointed at both ends, usually rowed by one person.

## Origin

**Meanings 1–10** — Formed from "fun" combined with the suffix "-y".
**Meaning 11** — Perhaps a jocular use of "funny".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/funny (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).