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fun•ny



Pronunciation: (fun'ē), [key]
—adj., -ni•er, -ni•est,
—n., pl. -nies.

—adj.
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. Informal.insolent; impertinent: Don't get funny with me, young man!
5. curious; strange; peculiar; odd: Her speech has a funny twang.

—n.
1. Informal.a funny remark or story; a joke: to make a funny.
2. funnies,
a. comic strips.
b. Also called funny paper. the section of a newspaper reserved for comic strips, word games, etc.

fun•ny



Pronunciation: (fun'ē), [key]
—n.,
—pl. -nies.
a shell or light skiff rowed by one person with sculls.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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