26984 words

funny

10 definitions • 28 examples
1

Examples:

Do you know any funny jokes?
I've never found Charlie Chaplin very funny.
It's a really funny film.
It's not funny - don't laugh!
Breaking your leg isn't funny (= it is serious).
funny side to it No matter how disastrous the situation there always seems to be a funny side to it.
funny with Don't you try to be funny with me (= be serious and show respect), young man!
2
strange, surprising, unexpected, or difficult to explain or understand:

Examples:

The washing machine is making a funny noise again.
He's got some funny ideas about how to bring up children.
that's funny That's funny - I'm sure I left my keys here.
funny thing A funny thing happened to me on the way to the crematorium.
feel funny I felt funny when I realized everyone was watching me.
it's funny how It's funny how Alec always disappears whenever there's work to be done.
She's a funny girl (= she is strange and difficult to understand).
go funny UK informal The television's gone funny (= isn't working correctly).
3

Examples:

funny going on I think there's something funny going on next door.
4

Examples:

I'm not being funny or anything but I think I'd rather go on my own.
She sounded a bit funny with me on the phone last night and I wondered if I'd offended her.
5

Examples:

I don't know if it was something I ate but I'm feeling a little bit funny.
6
slightly crazy:

Examples:

go funny All the stress made him go a bit funny.
7
the series of drawings in a newspaper that tell a humorous story:

Examples:

I ignored the news and went straight to the funnies.
8

Examples:

Jerome is so funny.
She told me the funniest joke.
9
strange or surprising, or difficult to explain or understand:

Examples:

The washing machine is making funny noises again.
Something funny is going on next door.
That’s funny – I’m sure I left my keys here, but now I can’t find them.
[ + question word ] It’s funny how Pat always disappears whenever there’s work to be done.
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If you feel funny, you feel slightly ill:

Examples:

He felt a little funny after taking a pill on an empty stomach.

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