Definition of FUN

fun

Noun

  • activities that are enjoyable or amusing
    • "I do it for the fun of it"
    • "he is fun to have around"
  • verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
    • "he became a figure of fun"
  • violent and excited activity
    • "she asked for money and then the fun began"
    • "they began to fight like fun"
  • a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement
    • "he was fun to be with"
  • Amusement, enjoyment or pleasure.
  • Playful, often noisy, activity.

Adj

  • Enjoyable or amusing.
  • Whimsical or flamboyant.

Verb

Verb Forms: funned, funning, funs

  • To engage in playful or amusing activity.
  • To tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of.

Adjective

  • Providing amusement or enjoyment.

Examples

  • Hey, don't get bent out of shape over it; I was just funning you.
  • Sometimes, you just need to fun around with words, not always aiming for high scores.
  • This year's fashion style is much more fun than recent seasons.
  • Words With Friends is often more fun when you score big with a clever play.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English fonne, fon (“foolish, simple, silly”) or fonnen (“make a fool of”), from Middle English fonne (“a fool, dupe”), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish fånig (“foolish”), Swedish fåne (“a fool”), from Old Norse fáni (“vain person, swaggerer”), but of unknown ultimate origin. Perhaps related to or influenced by fjäll (“rock, cliff, mountain”). Compare also English fumble, Norwegian Nynorsk fomme (“clumsy fool”).
Compare also Norwegian fomme, fume (“a fool”). More at fon, fond.
As a noun, fun is recorded from 1700, with a meaning “a cheat, trick, hoax”, from a verb fun meaning “to cheat, trick” (1680s). The meaning “diversion, amusement” dates to the 1720s. The older meaning is preserved in the phrase to make fun of (1737) and in usage of the adjective funny. The use of fun as adjective is newest and is due to reanalysis of the noun; this was incipient in the mid-19th century.
Alternative etymology connected Middle English fonne with Old Frisian fonna, fone, fomne, variant forms of fāmne, fēmne (“young woman, virgin”), from Proto-West Germanic *faimnijā, from Proto-Germanic *faimnijǭ (“maiden”), from Proto-Indo-European *peymen- (“girl”), *poymen- (“breast milk”). If so, then cognate with Old English fǣmne (“maid, virgin, damsel, bride”), West Frisian famke (“girl”), Saterland Frisian fone, fon (“woman, maid, servant," also "weakling, simpleton”).

Scrabble Score: 6

fun: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
fun: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fun: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

fun: valid Words With Friends Word