Tra từ funny - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

1 different ways in which things or people are funny
2 being funny in order to annoy or attack people
3 funny people
see also ENJOY, ENTERTAINMENT

1 different ways in which things or people are funny
- making you laugh or smile: funny, amusing; verb: amuse sb
He's very funny. ◎ a funny play ◎ an amusing incident ◎ Did you find the book amusing? ◎ What's amusing you? ◎ I was very amused by your speech.
- funny and slightly ridiculous: comic, comical
They looked really comical in their funny hats.
- very funny: hilarious
He told us a hilarious story. ◎ We had a hilarious afternoon.
- perhaps funny, but also stupid: ridiculous, absurd
What a ridiculous hat! ◎ It was an absurd situation.
- using words in a clever and amusing way: witty (adverb wittily)
a witty speaker ◎ a witty remark
- if a thing is not funny, but important, it is serious (adverb seriously)
Please don't laugh - I'm being serious. ◎ Did you seriously mean that?
- to make sounds to show that you are happy or amused: laugh (at sb/sth); noun (U): laughter
to laugh out loud ◎ She laughed at what I told her. ◎ the sound of laughter ◎ We could hear laughter in the next room.
- the feeling that you experience when sth funny makes you laugh: amusement (noun U)
I could see the amusement on his face. ◎ The mistake caused much amusement.
※ laughing LAUGH
- the amusing quality of a thing, person, situation, etc: humour (AmE humor)(noun U)
He was so angry that he couldn't see the humour of the situation.
- if you are able to see when sth is funny and to laugh at things, you have a sense of humour
Ian's got a great sense of humour.
※ jokes
- something that is said or done to make you laugh: joke
to tell a joke ◎ a dirty joke (= about sex)
Have you heard the joke about the elephant at the North Pole? ◎ It was only a joke.
- to say sth that is not meant to be serious: joke, say* sth in fun, (informal) kid
Did she say that? You must be joking! ◎ She just said it in fun - she didn't really mean it. ◎ I'm not kidding - it's really true!
- to understand what is funny about a joke: get* it, get*/see* the joke
Everyone else laughed, but I just didn't get it at all. ◎ She obviously couldn't see the joke and felt very embarrassed.
- the last part of a joke, which makes people laugh: punchline
When the punchline came, everyone laughed, except me!
※ funny plays and drawings
- an amusing play, film, etc: comedy
There's a comedy on TV at eight o'clock.
- a short comedy scene which is part of a show: sketch
They did a sketch about a doctor's waiting room.
- a funny drawing, especially in a newspaper: cartoon

2 being funny in order to annoy or attack people
- to laugh at a person, often in an unkind way, or make other people do this: make* fun of sb, poke fun at sb
They made fun of our accents.
- to try to make sb angry by saying unkind things: tease (sb)
The other children teased her - I suppose because she was fat.
- to make fun of sb by making them believe sth that is not true: (informal) pull sb's leg
He says that I need to put on a bit of weight, but he's just pulling my leg.
- to copy the way a person speaks or behaves, in an amusing way: do* an impression of sb
Can you do an impression of the Prime Minister?
- something that you do to annoy sb or to make them look silly, which makes other people laugh: practical joke
- to trick a person in order to amuse yourself or other people: play a joke/trick on sb
Every April 1st the children play a practical joke on their teacher and she pretends to be surprised.
- to accept jokes about yourself without getting angry: take* a joke
Can't you take a joke?
- meaning the opposite of what you say: irony (noun U); said or written in this way: ironic, ironical (adverb ironically)
Irony is an important element of British humour. ◎ an ironic comment ◎ 'Very funny,' he said ironically.
- attacking bad or foolish people or behaviour by making fun of them: satire (noun C/U); containing or using satire: satirical
a work of bitter satire ◎ a political satire ◎ a satire on 19th-century society ◎ a satirical play

3 funny people
- a person who makes people laugh: comedian; a person who tells jokes: comic
My favourite comedian is still Charlie Chaplin. ◎ a TV comic ◎ a stand-up comic (= one who tells jokes to an audience)
- a person who makes people laugh, especially in a circus: clown
- a person who likes to make jokes or play tricks: joker
He's a bit of a joker, so don't believe everything he says.