fun

Noun
Synonyms: merrimentplayfulnessplaysport

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  1. activities that are enjoyable or amusing“I do it for the fun of it”“he is fun to have around”Synonyms: merrimentplayfulness
  2. verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)“he became a figure of fun”“he said it in sport”Synonyms: playsport
  3. violent and excited activity“she asked for money and then the fun began”“they began to fight like fun”
  4. a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement“her playfulness surprised me”“he was fun to be with”Synonyms: playfulness
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Webster's Dictionary (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]

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

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

Fun

A typed lambda-calculus, similar to SOL[2]. "On Understanding Types, Data Abstractions and Polymorphism", L. Cardelli et al, ACM Comp Surveys 17(4) (Dec 1985).

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