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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fun
       adj : providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining; "an amusing
             speaker"; "a diverting story"; "a fun thing to do"
             [syn: {amusing}, {amusive}, {diverting}, {fun(a)}]
       n 1: activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the
            fun of it"; "he is fun to have around" [syn: {merriment},
             {playfulness}]
       2: verbal wit (often at another's expense but not to be taken
          seriously); "he became a figure of fun" [syn: {play}, {sport}]
       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" [syn: {playfulness}]
       [also: {funning}, {funned}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  161 Moby Thesaurus words for "fun":
     act, action, amusement, amusing, animal pleasure, ball,
     be merry with, beguiling, behave, belly laugh, big time,
     blitheness, blue story, bodily pleasure, carnal delight, comfort,
     content, contentment, coziness, crack a joke, crack wise,
     creature comforts, delightful, dirty joke, dirty story, disport,
     diversion, diverting, do, double entendre, ease, endpleasure,
     enjoyment, entertaining, entertainment, ethnic joke, euphoria,
     fleer at, fool, forepleasure, frivolity, fruition, fun and games,
     function, funmaking, funny story, gag, game, gibe at, glee,
     gleefulness, go, good one, good story, good time, gratification,
     great fun, great satisfaction, gusto, hearty enjoyment, high glee,
     high old time, high time, hilariousness, hilarity, howler,
     humorous, intellectual pleasure, jape, jest, jestbook, jive,
     jocularity, jocundity, joie de vivre, joke, jolliness, jollity,
     jolly, josh, joviality, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, keen pleasure,
     kicks, kid, kid around, laugh, laughs, laughter, levity,
     lovely time, luxury, make a funny, make fun, make fun of,
     merriment, merriness, mirth, mirthfulness, mischief, mock,
     officiate, operate, panic, perform, physical pleasure, picnic,
     play, play on words, pleasant time, pleasure, point, poke fun at,
     pun, quiet pleasure, quip, rag, razz, react, recreation,
     recreational, relish, rib, rib tickler, ridicule, riot, run,
     satisfaction, scintillate, scoff at, scream, self-gratification,
     self-indulgence, sensual pleasure, sensuous pleasure, serve,
     sexual pleasure, sick joke, sidesplitter, sight gag, sparkle,
     sport, story, sweetness of life, take, teasing, titillating,
     titillation, titillative, utter a mot, visual joke, voluptuousness,
     well-being, wheeze, wisecrack, work, wow, yarn, zest
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  FUN
       Flow Update Notification [message] (LFAP)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  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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