Meaning
4 senses(informal)A joke.
(informal)A comic strip.
(Internet, ironic)Humor in general.
Where's the funny? Your meme sucks.
Finally, the funny.
(Ireland, UK, dated)A narrow, clinker-built double-ender for sculling.
More definitions
- an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
Examples
1478 sentencesI don't think this is funny.
Я не думаю, що це смішно.
ruНе нахожу в этом ничего смешного.
deDas finde ich nicht lustig!
Do you think this is funny?
Ти вважаєш, це смішно?
ruТы считаешь, это смешно?
deFinden Sie das lustig?
I still don't think it's funny.
Я все ще не думаю, що це смішно.
Do you think that was funny?
Ви думаєте, що це було смішно?
ruДумаешь, это было смешно?
Tom is looking at me funny.
Том дивно на мене дивиться.
deTom schaut mich komisch an.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
Perhaps a jocular use of funny. See above.Perhaps a jocular use of funny. See above.
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Forms
plural: funniesSynonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line):funny storygood storyfunny remark
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- B1Confusing pairs of words — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
12 patterns- jokes were funny
- was very funny
- funny at all
- a funny story
- funny story
- was really funny
- as funny as
- this is funny
- was so funny
- has a funny
- what a funny
- to be funny