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FUNNY STORY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does funny story mean?

• FUNNY STORY (noun)
The noun FUNNY STORY has 1 sense:

1. an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)

Familiarity information: FUNNY STORY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FUNNY STORY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

funny; funny remark; funny story; good story

Context examples:

she told a funny story / she made a funny

Hypernyms ("funny story" is a kind of...):

gag; jape; jest; joke; laugh (a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter)

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