Collocations for "funny"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "funny" in context.
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funny
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a funny [movie, book, comedian, joke, story, quote, show, prank]
- the [movie] was (so) funny
- a funny [personality, sense of humor]
- the funny [paper, pages]
- [making, pulling] funny faces
- are you serious or just [being, trying to be] funny?
- the funniest thing just happened!
- that's not funny!
- don't find it funny
- [did not, failed to] see the funny side (of)
- it's funny but true
- [really, very, incredibly, sidesplittingly, not at all] funny
- don't get funny with me!
- [no, don't try any] funny stuff
- the [car, TV, radio] is making a funny noise
- there's something funny about [him, the offer, those boxes]
- felt (a bit) funny (from, after)
- [took, had] a funny turn (when)
- have a funny feeling [he's, about this, when]
- it's funny, but [when, whenever, anytime]
- (it's) funny you should ask
- [read, love] the funnies
- the [Sunday] funnies
- the funnies in the paper
- [write, design, compose] the funnies
- slang: ha ha, I made a funny
'funny' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
always
- bumper
- business
- cartoon
- corridor
- customer
- cute
- darn
- endearing
- entertaining
- expression
- farm
- feeling
- fellow
- find
- joke
- kinda
- laugh
- look
- moment
- naturally
- noise
- page
- pretty
- scary
- show
- something
- sort
- spoof
- story
- teasing
- ticket
- try
- turn
- walk