Fun
Fun is the enjoyment of pleasure, particularly in leisure activities. Fun is an experience often unexpected, informal or purposeless. It is an enjoyable distraction, diverting the mind and body from any serious task or contributing an extra dimension to it. Although particularly associated with recreation and play, fun may be encountered during work, social functions, and even seemingly mundane activities of daily living. It may often have little to no logical basis, and opinions on whether an activity is fun may differ from person to person. A distinction between enjoyment and fun is difficult but possible to articulate, fun being a more spontaneous, playful, or active event. There are psychological and physiological implications to the experience of fun.
Modern Westernized civilizations prioritize fun as an external and sexual aspect.
Fan (noun)
A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.
Fan (noun)
An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
Fan (noun)
Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.
Fan (noun)
An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.
Fan (noun)
A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind.
Fan (noun)
A section of a tree having a finite number of branches
Fan (noun)
An admirer or aficionado, especially of a sport or performer; someone who is fond of something or someone.
“I am a big fan of libraries.”
Fan (verb)
To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.
“We enjoyed standing at the edge of the cliff, being fanned by the wind.”
Fan (verb)
To slap (a behind, especially).
Fan (verb)
To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.
Fan (verb)
A maneuver done by flicking the top rear of an old style gun.
Fan (verb)
To invigorate.
Fan (verb)
To winnow grain.
Fun (noun)
amusement, enjoyment or pleasure
Fun (noun)
playful, often noisy, activity.
Fun (adjective)
enjoyable, amusing
“We had a fun time at the party.”
“He is such a fun person to be with.”
Fun (adjective)
whimsical, flamboyant
“This year’s fashion style is much more fun than recent seasons.”
Fun (verb)
To tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of.
“Hey, don’t get bent out of shape over it; I was just funning you.”
Fan (noun)
an apparatus with rotating blades that creates a current of air for cooling or ventilation
“a couple of ceiling fans, lazily turning”
“the kitchen may need to be fitted with an extractor fan”
Fan (noun)
a small sail for keeping the head of a windmill towards the wind.
Fan (noun)
a handheld device, typically folding and shaped like a segment of a circle when spread out, that is waved so as to cool the person holding it
“the girls were giggling behind their fans”
Fan (noun)
a thing resembling an open fan
“fan vaulting”
Fan (noun)
a fan-shaped alluvial or talus deposit at the foot of a slope
“there are great waste fans at the foot of the Andes in the desert”
Fan (noun)
a person who has a strong interest in or admiration for a particular person or thing
“I’m a fan of this author”
“football fans”
Fan (verb)
cool (someone or something) by waving an object to create a current of air
“he fanned himself with his hat”
Fan (verb)
(of breath or a breeze) blow gently on
“his breath fanned her skin as he leant towards her”
Fan (verb)
brush or drive away with a waving movement
“a veil of smoke which she fanned away with a jewelled hand”
Fan (verb)
swing unsuccessfully at the ball or puck
“he had fanned 37 times in 83 at-bats”
Fan (verb)
strike out (a batter)
“Norris fanned nine batters with his screwball”
Fan (verb)
increase the strength of (a fire) by blowing on it or stirring up the air near it
“fanned by an easterly wind, the fire spread rapidly”
Fan (verb)
cause (a belief or emotion) to become stronger or more widespread
“a fury fanned by press coverage”
Fan (verb)
disperse or radiate from a central point to cover a wide area
“the arriving passengers began to fan out through the town in search of lodgings”
Fan (verb)
spread out or cause to spread out into a semicircular shape
“a wind fanned her hair out behind her”
“a dress made of tiny pleats that fanned out as she walked”
Fun (noun)
enjoyment, amusement, or light-hearted pleasure
“the children were having fun in the play area”
Fun (noun)
a source of fun
“people-watching is great fun”
Fun (noun)
playfulness or good humour
“she’s full of fun”
Fun (noun)
behaviour or an activity that is intended purely for amusement and should not be interpreted as having any serious or malicious purpose
“the column’s just a bit of fun”
Fun (adjective)
amusing, entertaining, or enjoyable
“it was a fun evening”
“being on set with the cast and crew was really fun”
Fun (adjective)
(of a place or event) providing entertainment or leisure activities for children
“a school fun day”
Fun (verb)
joke or tease
“they are just funning you”
“no need to get sore—I was only funning”