the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Sport; merriment; frolicsome amusement.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Mirthful sport; frolicsome amusement; enjoyment from gay or comical action or speech.
n. Mirthful wit or humor; sportive gaiety of speech or manner; drollery; whimsicality.
To make fun; jest; joke: as, I was only funning.
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n. verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
n. violent and excited activity
n. a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement
n. activities that are enjoyable or amusing
Word Usage
"[I use the term fun as a paradigmatic construct as defined by Erving Durkheim, Emile Goffman and Charles Bronson which means, in theoretic terms, the whole enchilada.]"