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funny bone
(encz) | funny bone,brňavka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Funny bone
(gcide) | Funny \Fun"ny\, a. [Compar. Funnier; superl. Funniest.]
[From Fun.]
Droll; comical; amusing; laughable; inciting laughter.
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Funny bone. See crazy bone, under Crazy.
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funny bone
(gcide) | Crazy \Cra"zy\ (kr[=a]"z[y^]), a. [From Craze.]
1. Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken;
falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.
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Piles of mean andcrazy houses. --Macaulay.
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One of great riches, but a crazy constitution.
--Addison.
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They . . . got a crazy boat to carry them to the
island. --Jeffrey.
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2. Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered;
demented; deranged.
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Over moist and crazy brains. --Hudibras.
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3. Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager. [Colloq.]
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The girls were crazy to be introduced to him. --R.
B. Kimball.
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Crazy bone, the bony projection at the end of the elbow
(olecranon), behind which passes the ulnar nerve; -- so
called on account of the curiously painful tingling felt,
when, in a particular position, it receives a blow; --
called also funny bone.
Crazy quilt, a bedquilt made of pieces of silk or other
material of various sizes, shapes, and colors, fancifully
stitched together without definite plan or arrangement.
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funny bone
(wn) | funny bone
n 1: a point on the elbow where the ulnar nerve passes near the
surface; a sharp tingling sensation results when the nerve
is knocked against the bone; "the funny bone is not
humerus" [syn: funny bone, crazy bone] |
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hit my funny bone
(encz) | hit my funny bone, |
Funny bone
(gcide) | Funny \Fun"ny\, a. [Compar. Funnier; superl. Funniest.]
[From Fun.]
Droll; comical; amusing; laughable; inciting laughter.
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Funny bone. See crazy bone, under Crazy.
[1913 Webster]Crazy \Cra"zy\ (kr[=a]"z[y^]), a. [From Craze.]
1. Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken;
falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.
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Piles of mean andcrazy houses. --Macaulay.
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One of great riches, but a crazy constitution.
--Addison.
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They . . . got a crazy boat to carry them to the
island. --Jeffrey.
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2. Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered;
demented; deranged.
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Over moist and crazy brains. --Hudibras.
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3. Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager. [Colloq.]
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The girls were crazy to be introduced to him. --R.
B. Kimball.
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Crazy bone, the bony projection at the end of the elbow
(olecranon), behind which passes the ulnar nerve; -- so
called on account of the curiously painful tingling felt,
when, in a particular position, it receives a blow; --
called also funny bone.
Crazy quilt, a bedquilt made of pieces of silk or other
material of various sizes, shapes, and colors, fancifully
stitched together without definite plan or arrangement.
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