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funny

adj , -nier, -niest

1 causing amusement or laughter; humorous; comical

3 suspicious or dubious (esp. in the phrase funny business)

4 Informal faint or ill
to feel funny
n pl , -nies

5 Informal a joke or witticism
♦ funnily adv
♦ funniness n

funny bone
n the area near the elbow where the ulnar nerve is close to the surface of the skin: when it is struck, a sharp tingling sensation is experienced along the forearm and hand , (Also called (U.S.)) crazy bone

funny farm
n
Facetious a mental institution

funny paper
n (U.S. and Canadian) a section or separate supplement of a newspaper, etc., containing comic strips

English Collins Dictionary - English Definition & Thesaurus

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when life gives you lemons, make lemonade!	exp.	make the best out of a difficult situation ; turn sth negative into a positive. By making sth sweet (lemonade) out of sth bitter (lemon), the phrase encourages to look on the bright side of life even in the face of adversity or misfortune	When life gives you lemons, make lemonade; but when life gives you melons, you might be dyslexic!
side letter	n.	addendum to a contract in general that you do not wish for everyone to see	[Leg.]
cut sth loose	n.	to release sth that is tied up
have a butcher's at sth	v.	have a look at sth	[UK];[Slang] Comes from cockney rhyming slang for "butcher's hook" = "look" Ex.: A: "What are you looking at?" B: "I'm just having a butcher's at this butcher's hook!"
tropezar con algo	v.	to bump into sth
to make a good fist of	v.	to do sth well
take sth down a notch	exp.	to take OR turn OR bring something down a notch means to decrease its intensity
come to grips with sth	id.	consider something seriously and start taking actions about it
motorboat	v.	the act of pushing one's face in between two ample breasts, and rocking one's head side to side very rapidly while making a vigorous, lip-vibrating "brrr" sound	[Slang]
! seurte	n.	from Old French seurté "a promise, pledge, guarantee; assurance, confidence" (12c., Modern French sûreté)," from securus (see secure (adj.)).
! On display	n.	has been put in a place where everybody can see it.	There are many kinds of species on display in the zoo,lets go and visit there.
armed to the teeth	adj.	heavily armed or well-equipped, whether with literal weapons or figuratively, well-prepared ; a possible origin of the phrase are the movies where you'd see pirates biting into their knives, another being the knights covered in armor from head to foot, fully armed to the teeth	She was quite confident when she appeared in court for the divorce. With her boxes of evidence of her husband's affairs, she was armed to the teeth and poised to win!
noob	n.	a player who asks too many funny questions that can be related as being stupid	Origin of the word is a "newbie" that can be shortened as a Newb
cheeseball	n.	Someone (usually a young man) who tries unsuccessfully to be funny by making lame jokes and doing stupid things	US English, colloquial
plug and play	adj.	1. [Comp.] a device that once plugged in is automatically recognized by the system and launches the expected process without any action on the user's side; 2. [Bus.] a new employee who is able to start work without too much induction and training	[Comp.];[Bus.] can be used as both noun and adjective: plug and play device; plug and play employee or simply plug and play (noun)
sweep under the rug	exp.	1. to conceal, to hide 2. to avoid talking about (sth embarrassing)

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