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fun up

fun up verb: to make something humorous or to make a joke about something.

Verb

fun up (third-person singular simple present funs up, present participle funning up, simple past and past participle funned up)

  1. To make something humorous or to make a joke about something
    • The pilot jumped out, and, funning up, called out, 'We sure owe you an apology for falling down that way on our protection, old man!'2011, Blaine Pardoe, Terror of the Autumn Skies: The True Story of Frank Luke, page 85

Forms of fun up

third-person singular presentfuns up
present participlefunning up
past participlefunned up
pastfunned up

Questions about fun up

What does fun up mean?
Fun up means to make something humorous or to make a joke about something.
What part of speech is fun up?
Fun up is a verb.
What is the past tense of fun up?
The past tense of fun up is funned up.

Words near fun up in the dictionary

  1. fun run
  2. fun runs
  3. fun size
  4. fun sponge
  5. fun sponges
  6. fun up
  7. fun-day
  8. fun-days
  9. fun-lover
  10. fun-lovers
  11. fun-loving

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