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Source: gcide
Fun \Fun\ (f[u^]n), n. [Perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael.
fonn pleasure.]

Sport; merriment; frolicsome amusement. "Oddity, frolic, and
fun." --Goldsmith.

[1913 Webster]



{To make fun of}, to hold up to, or turn into, ridicule.

{in fun}, jokingly; not seriously; for amusement.

{like fun}, definitely not; -- used adverbially, mostly to
contradict a prior assertion; A: "He says he won't do it
again." -- B: "Like fun he won't.".
[1913 Webster + PJC]

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Source: gcide
Fun \Fun\ (f[u^]n), adj.
Of or pertaining to fun; causing pleasure or amusement.
[informal]
[PJC]

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