funny

adj 1: arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a

steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing

fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise";

"funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very

funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it

hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience";

"risible courtroom antics" [syn: {amusing}, {comic}, {comical},

{laughable}, {mirthful}, {risible}]

2: beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious

hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have

some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the

peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely

queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular

behavior" [syn: {curious}, {odd}, {peculiar}, {queer}, {rum},

{rummy}, {singular}]

3: (informal) not as expected; "there was something fishy about

the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some

definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives

were suspect"; "suspicious behavior" [syn: {fishy}, {queer},

{shady}, {suspect}, {suspicious}]

4: experiencing odd bodily sensations; "told the doctor about

the funny sensations in her chest"

adv 1: in a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper";

"he acted kind of funny" [syn: {queerly}, {strangely},

{oddly}, {funnily}]

2: in a comical manner; "she acted comically" [syn: {comically}]

funky

Said of something that functions, but in a slightly strange,

{kluge}y way. It does the job and would be difficult to

change, so its obvious non-optimality is left alone. Often

used to describe interfaces. The more bugs something has that

nobody has bothered to fix because workarounds are easier, the

funkier it is. {TECO} and {UUCP} are funky. The {Intel}

{i860}'s exception handling is extraordinarily funky. Most

standards acquire funkiness as they age. "The new mailer is

installed, but is still somewhat funky; if it bounces your

mail for no reason, try resubmitting it." "This {UART} is

pretty funky. The data ready line is active-high in interrupt

mode and active-low in {DMA} mode."

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