Funny (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective, fun·ni·er, fun·ni·est.
  1. providing fun; causing amusement or laughter; amusing; comical: a funny remark;a funny person.
  2. attempting to amuse; facetious: Did you really mean that or were you just being funny?
  3. warranting suspicion; deceitful; underhanded: We thought there was something funny about those extra charges.
  4. insolent; impertinent: Don't get funny with me, young man!
  5. curious; strange; peculiar; odd: Her speech has a funny twang.
noun, plural fun·nies.
  1. a funny remark or story; a joke: to make a funny.
  2. funnies,
    • comic strips.
    • the section of a newspaper reserved for comic strips, word games, etc.
noun, plural fun·nies.
  1. a shell or light skiff rowed by one person with sculls.
adjective -nier or -niest
  1. causing amusement or laughter; humorous; comical
  2. peculiar; odd
  3. suspicious or dubious (esp in the phrase funny business)
  4. faint or ill
noun plural -nies
  1. a joke or witticism
Funny (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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