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Fun

noun

Activities that are enjoyable or amusing. Synonyms: merriment, playfulness. "He is fun to have around"

Verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously). Synonyms: play, sport. "He said it in sport"

Violent and excited activity. "They began to fight like fun"

A disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement. Synonym: playfulness. "He was fun to be with"

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"Fun" Quotes from Famous Books

... scornful. "Just having a little fun before breakfast. Now you listen to me. So long as I'm lead driver, you're going to do what I say—when I say it. If you give me any more trouble, I'll pull your head off and make you carry it under one arm. ...

— The Weakling • Everett B. Cole

... and birds, and the boys put up curtains at the windows. We were having a lot o' fun, with new subscriptions coming in almost every day, and once in a while an ...

— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 1 of 14 - Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great • Elbert Hubbard

... and for human beings who love nature, the old idea that beautiful birds were meant to be destroyed for fun by anyone and everyone, from the small-brained, detestable cockney sportsman I have mentioned, to the gentlemen who write books about the beauties of nature, is now gradually giving place to this new one—that it would be better to preserve the beautiful things we possess. Half a century before ...

— Birds in Town and Village • W. H. Hudson

... under the berth; and he said he had the greatest mind to catch the critter by the feet as she was a standin' there, but somehow thought it would be better fun to see the thing through 'cording ...

— Oldtown Fireside Stories • Harriet Beecher Stowe

... on perusal, discovered that Pao-yue had composed it, at the spur of the moment, when under the influence of resentment; and she could not help thinking it both a matter of ridicule as well as of regret; but she hastily explained to Hsi Jen: "This is written for fun, and there's nothing of any consequence in it!" and having concluded this remark, she readily took it along with her to her room, where she conned it over in company with Hsiang-yuen; handing it also the next day ...

— Hung Lou Meng, Book I • Cao Xueqin

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