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Meaning of funny

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  funny
      adj 1: arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a
             steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing
             fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise";
             "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny
             writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt
             so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom
             antics" [syn: {amusing}, {comic}, {comical}, {funny},
             {laughable}, {mirthful}, {risible}]
      2: beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious
         hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have
         some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar
         aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about
         this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior" [syn:
         {curious}, {funny}, {odd}, {peculiar}, {queer}, {rum},
         {rummy}, {singular}]
      3: not as expected; "there was something fishy about the
         accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely
         queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect";
         "suspicious behavior" [syn: {fishy}, {funny}, {shady},
         {suspect}, {suspicious}]
      4: experiencing odd bodily sensations; "told the doctor about
         the funny sensations in her chest"
      n 1: an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch
           line); "she told a funny story"; "she made a funny" [syn:
           {funny story}, {good story}, {funny remark}, {funny}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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