(funnier, funniest, funnies)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Someone or something that is ~ is amusing and likely to make you smile or laugh.
Wade was smart and not bad-looking, and he could be ~ when he wanted to...
I’ll tell you a ~ story.
= amusing, comical
ADJ
2.
If you describe something as ~, you think it is strange, surprising, or puzzling.
Children get some very ~ ideas sometimes!...
There’s something ~ about him...
It’s ~ how love can come and go.
= odd, curious
ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ how/that
3.
If you feel ~, you feel slightly ill. (INFORMAL)
My head had begun to ache and my stomach felt ~.
ADJ: usu feel ADJ
4.
The funnies are humorous drawings or a series of humorous drawings in a newspaper or magazine. (AM INFORMAL)
N-PLURAL: the N