FUNNY BONE

Meaning of FUNNY BONE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Etymology: from the tingling felt when it is struck

Date: 1840

1. : the place at the back of the elbow where the ulnar nerve rests against a prominence of the humerus

2. : a sense of humor

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003

FUNNY BONE — noun Etymology: from the tingling felt when it is struck Date: 1840 the place at the back of the elbow …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FUNNY BONE — noun Etymology: so called from the tingling felt when it is struck 1. : the place at the back of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FUNNY BONE — 1. the part of the elbow where the ulnar nerve passes by the internal condyle of the humerus, which when …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FUNNY BONE — n. point of the elbow near the ulnar nerve bone that when banged or knocked causes a strange and funny …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FUNNY BONE — Function: noun Etymology: from the tingling felt when it is struck Date: 1840 1 : the place at the back …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FUNNY BONE — ■ noun informal the part of the elbow over which passes the ulnar nerve, which may cause numbness and pain …
Concise Oxford English vocab
FUNNY BONE — [funny bone] n [fr. the tingling felt when it is struck] (1840) 1: the place at the back of the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FUNNY BONE — noun [ usually sing. ] ( informal ) the part of the elbow containing a very sensitive nerve that is …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FUNNY BONE — ˈfunny bone BrE AmE noun [singular] the soft part of your elbow that particularly hurts when you hit it
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FUNNY BONE — ( funny bones) Your funny bone is the soft part of your elbow which gives you an uncomfortable feeling on …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FUNNY BONE — (~s) Your ~ is the soft part of your elbow which gives you an uncomfortable feeling on your skin if …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FUNNY BONE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Chasing him, she banged her funny bone on the doorpost. ▪ The function of the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FUNNY BONE — {n.} 1. The place at the back of the elbow that hurts like electricity when accidentally hit. * /He hit …
Slang English vocab
FUNNY BONE — n. to tickle smb.'s ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
FUNNY BONE — the place at the back of the elbow that tingles when hit I hit my funny bone and it still …
English Idioms vocab
FUNNY BONE — n. 1. The place at the back of the elbow that hurts like electricity when accidentally hit. He hit his …
American Idioms English vocabulary
FUNNY BONE — As in "it tickled my funny bone." When the elbow is bumped, the ulnar nerve rnning past the elbow is …
English Dictionary of Medicine
FUNNY BONE — (анатомия) внутренний мыщелок плечевой кости, локтевой отросток чувство юмора
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FUNNY-BONE — n анат. внутренний мыщелок плечевой кости
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FUNNY BONE — 1. анат. внутренний мыщелок плечевой кости, локтевой отросток 2. чувство юмора
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FUNNY-BONE — _n. _анат. внутренний мыщелок плечевой кости
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FUNNY-BONE — внутренний мыщелок плечевой кости
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FUNNY BONE — 1. анат. внутренний мыщелок плечевой кости, локтевой отросток 2. чувство юмора
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
FUNNY BONE — 1. анат. внутренний мыщелок плечевой кости, локтевой отросток 2. чувство юмора
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FUNNY BONE — внутренний мыщелок плечевой кости
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
FUNNY BONE — внутренний мыщелок плечевой кости
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
FUNNY-BONE — сущ. ; анат. внутренний мыщелок плечевой кости
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FUNNY-BONE — сущ.; анат. внутренний мыщелок плечевой кости
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FUNNY-BONE — _n. _анат. внутренний мыщелок плечевой кости
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
FUNNY-BONE — n. анат. внутренний мыщелок плечевой кости
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
FUNNY-BONE — внутренний мыщелок плечевой кости
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
FUNNY BONE — внутренний мыщелок (плечевой кости)
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
FUNNY-BONE — _n. _анат. внутренний мыщелок плечевой кости
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
FUNNY-BONE — n анат. внутренний мыщелок плечевой кости
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FUNNY BONE — (анатомия) внутренний мыщелок плечевой кости, локтевой отросток чувство юмора
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BONE — I Rigid connective tissue of Bones serve as the body's supporting framework, provide muscle-attachment points for movement, protect the internal …
Английский словарь Британика
FUNNY
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BONE — I. ˈbōn noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English boon, bon, from Old English bān; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BÔNE — adjective or bone Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Bône or Bone (now Annaba ), Algeria : of or from the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FUNNY — funny 1 — funnily , adv. — funniness , n. /fun"ee/ , adj., funnier, funniest , n. , pl. funnies …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BONE — /bohn/ , n. , v. , boned, boning , adv. n. 1. Anat. , Zool. a. one of the structures …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FUNNY — I. ˈfə-nē adjective ( fun·ni·er ; -est ) Date: 1756 1. a. : affording light mirth and laughter : amusing …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BONE — I. ˈbōn noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English bon, from Old English bān; akin to Old High German & …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BONE — vt to fertilize with bone. 2. bone ·noun dice. 3. bone ·noun fig.: the framework of anything. 4. bone ·vt …
Webster English vocab
FUNNY — [fun.ny] adj fun.ni.er ; -est (1756) 1 a: affording light mirth and laughter: amusing b: seeking or intended to amuse: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BONE — [bone] n, often attrib [ME bon, fr. OE ban; akin to OHG & ON bein bone, and perh. to OIr …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BONE — rigid body tissue consisting of cells embedded in an abundant, hard intercellular material. The two principal components of this material, …
Britannica English vocabulary
FUNNY — funn|y BrE AmE ˈfʌn |i ▷ funn|ier i‿ə AmE \ i‿ ə r ▷ funn|ies iz ▷ funn|iest i‿ɪst i‿əst …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BONE — bone, Bone BrE AmE bəʊn AmE boʊn ▷ boned bəʊnd AmE boʊnd ▷ boning ˈbəʊn ɪŋ AmE ˈboʊn ɪŋ ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FUNNY — / ˈfʌni; NAmE / adjective ( fun·nier , fun·ni·est ) AMUSING 1. making you laugh; amusing : a funny story …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BONE — / bəʊn; NAmE boʊn/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] any of the hard parts that form …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FUNNY — fun ‧ ny S1 W3 /ˈfʌni/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative funnier , superlative funniest ) [ Date: 1700-1800 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BONE — I. bone 1 S2 W2 /bəʊn $ boʊn/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: ban ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FUNNY — adj. & n. --adj. (funnier, funniest) 1 amusing, comical. 2 strange, perplexing, hard to account for. 3 colloq. slightly unwell, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BONE — n. & v. --n. 1 any of the pieces of hard tissue making up the skeleton in vertebrates. 2 (in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FUNNY — adj. & n. adj. (funnier, funniest) 1 amusing, comical. 2 strange, perplexing, hard to account for. 3 colloq. slightly unwell, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BONE — n. & v. n. 1 any of the pieces of hard tissue making up the skeleton in vertebrates. 2 (in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FUNNY — adj. & n. --adj. (funnier, funniest) 1. amusing, comical. 2 strange, perplexing, hard to account for. 3 colloq. slightly unwell, …
Oxford English vocab
BONE — n. & v. --n. 1. any of the pieces of hard tissue making up the skeleton in vertebrates. 2 (in …
Oxford English vocab
FUNNY — ( funnier, funniest, funnies) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Someone or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BONE — ( bones, boning, boned) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Your bones …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FUNNY
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BONE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bone china bone dry ▪ There had been no rain for months and the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FUNNY — (STRANGE) [adjective] -ier, -iest - strange, surprising, unexpected or difficult to explain or understandThe washing machine is making a funny …
Cambridge English vocab

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary

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