fun up

verb

To make something humorous or to make a joke about something

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Meanings

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

present singular third person funs up · participle present funning up · participle past funned up · past 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
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APA

fun up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fun%20up

MLA

“fun up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fun%20up. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fun up,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fun%20up.

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