Crossword clues for amuse
amuse
- Get a laugh out of
- Get a grin from
- Cause to smile
- Cause to crack up?
- Cause laughter
- Cause a chuckle
- What Roger Waters will do "To Death"?
- What Roger Waters will do "To Death"
- What jesters do
- What entertaining band will do
- What comedic rocker will do
- Tickle, so to speak
- Tickle, metaphorically
- Tickle, in a way
- Tickle the fancy
- Sleeper song that will entertain?
- Sleeper song that entertains?
- Slay, say
- Say humorous things to
- Produce some chuckles, say
- Make someone do a spit take
- Keep happy
- Give enjoyment
- Get to smile
- Get to laugh
- Get a snicker out of
- Get a guffaw from
- Get a giggle from
- Get a chuckle out of
- Figuratively tickle
- Evoke laughter
- Evoke chuckles
- Evoke an LOL
- Evoke a smile
- Evoke a chuckle
- Erato, for one?
- Entertain with jokes
- Entertain in a light, pleasant way
- Elicit some smiles from
- Elicit some smiles
- Elicit smiles
- Elicit laughter from
- Elicit enjoyment
- Elicit chuckles
- Elicit a laugh from
- Elicit a chuckle
- Elicit a :-) from
- Do the thing that makes the happy face on the people
- Do a comedian's job
- Create a diversion?
- Create a chuckle
- Coax chuckles from
- Coax a smile from
- Coax a laugh out of
- Coax a laugh from
- Coax a grin from
- Cause to giggle
- Cause to break up?
- Cause mirth — distract
- Cause merriment
- Bring chuckles to
- Be a jester
- Be a class clown
- Arouse to mirth
- Appeal to one's sense of humor
- ___-bouche (free appetizer)
- Divert
- Keep in stitches
- Provide divertissement
- Tickle one's fancy
- Tickle pink
- Tickle the funny bone of
- Get a smile out of
- Entertain, in a way
- Make smile
- Charm
- "Do I ___ you?" (line from "GoodFellas")
- Disport
- What theme parks do
- Make laugh
- Give the giggles
- Elicit a chuckle from
- Slay, in a way
- Bring a smile to one's face
- Keep from being bored
- Beguile with wit
- Put a smile on
- Tell jokes, say
- Make giggle
- What Carlin and Brenner do
- Titillate
- Raise a smile
- What Carson and Leno do
- Play the card
- Play the raconteur
- Tell good jokes, e.g
- Cause a grin
- Occupy pleasurably
- Give pleasure to
- Emulate a jester
- Entertain a Greek goddess, one of nine
- Divert from morning employment
- Tickle the ivories: you perform sonata, finally, when retired
- Make happy
- Cheer up
- Get a grin out of
- Crack up
- Keep busy
- Be the life of the party
- Cause to chuckle
- Keep entertained
- Elicit chuckles from
- Cause to laugh
- Tickle one's funny bone
- Elicit a smile from
- Tell jokes to, say
- Play the jester
- Elicit a grin from
- Tickle the fancy of
- Provide the laughs
- Keep occupied
- Give pleasure
- Evoke a grin
- What a comedian hopes to do
- Send in the clowns, perhaps
- Provide diversion
- Occupy pleasantly
- Make someone laugh
- Make chuckle
- Keep smiling
- Get a smile from
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Amuse \A*muse"\, v. i. To muse; to mediate. [Obs.]
Amuse \A*muse"\ ([.a]*m[=u]z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amused ([.a]*m[=u]zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Amusing.] [F. amuser to make stay, to detain, to amuse, [`a] (L. ad) + OF. muser. See Muse, v.]
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To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder. [Obs.]
Camillus set upon the Gauls when they were amused in receiving their gold.
--Holland.Being amused with grief, fear, and fright, he could not find the house.
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To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing or mirthful emotions; to divert.
A group of children amusing themselves with pushing stones from the top [of the cliff], and watching as they plunged into the lake.
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To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
He amused his followers with idle promises.
--Johnson.Syn: To entertain; gratify; please; divert; beguile; deceive; occupy.
Usage: To Amuse, Divert, Entertain. We are amused by that which occupies us lightly and pleasantly. We are entertained by that which brings our minds into agreeable contact with others, as conversation, or a book. We are diverted by that which turns off our thoughts to something of livelier interest, especially of a sportive nature, as a humorous story, or a laughable incident.
Whatever amuses serves to kill time, to lull the faculties, and to banish reflection. Whatever entertains usually awakens the understanding or gratifies the fancy. Whatever diverts is lively in its nature, and sometimes tumultuous in its effects.
--Crabb.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c., "to divert the attention, beguile, delude," from Middle French amuser "divert, cause to muse," from a "at, to" (but here probably a causal prefix) + muser "ponder, stare fixedly" (see muse (v.)). Sense of "divert from serious business, tickle the fancy of" is recorded from 1630s, but through 18c. the primary meaning was "deceive, cheat" by first occupying the attention. Bemuse retains more of the original meaning. Related: Amused; amusing.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing emotions. 2 To cause laughter, to be funny. 3 (context transitive archaic English) To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude. 4 (context transitive archaic English) To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.
WordNet
Wikipedia
AMuse is a freeware music collection manager for AmigaOS4 that includes Last.fm client functionality . AMuse supports submissions of locally played music, listening to Last.fm similar artists and user library, scrobbling of tracks. AMuse's graphical interface is written in AWNpipe, a handler that provides access to AmigaOS graphical objects, the main program is written in AREXX, Last.fm submissions, playlist retrieval and scrobbling is done by means of Python scripts. Playback is performed by TuneNet. AMuse is developed by Yakov Mindelis.
Usage examples of "amuse".
I have the knack of putting an end to an intrigue when it has ceased to amuse me, I have no hesitation in accepting your proposal.
I declined to be present at his suppers, which were far from amusing, and gave the family of the actress an opportunity of laughing at the poor fool who was paying for them.
He amused me with the enumeration of all her adorable qualities, and of all the cruelties she was practising upon him, for, although she received him at all hours, she repulsed him harshly whenever he tried to steal the slightest favour.
But if she would like to come here this afternoon with her sewing, the neighbors are coming too, and so is Ali Aga, to amuse us.
It was a little amusing to me that I could speak with some authority to skilled and experienced agriculturists, who felt our rivalry at Mark lane, but who did not dream that with the third great move of Australia towards the markets of the world through cold storage we could send beef, mutton, lamb, poultry, eggs, and all kinds of fruit to the consumers of Europe, and especially of England and its metropolis.
The Admiral, who had previously amused himself by giving an alarming description of this ceremony, now very courteously exempted his guests from the inconvenience and ridicule attending it.
Ah, Alec, we may well laugh now, but I assure you, it was not very amusing at the time.
That is not very amusing, but we expect a Carmelite from Paris who will do the duty of our almonry, and who, we are assured, speaks very well, which will keep us awake, whereas our present almoner always sends us to sleep.
But the idea of simple scribal manipulation, which would mean that such desires never even existed, and which is advanced by modern authorities and bolstered by the similar examples from other cultures and by the predilection of scribes for amusing themselves with word and alphabet games, seems the best explanation.
It does not, I should suppose, lie in the way of The Century, whose general audience on both sides of the Atlantic takes only an amused interest in this singular revival of a traditional literary animosity--an anachronism in these tolerant days when the reading world cares less and less about the origin of literature that pleases it--it does not lie in the way of The Century to do more than report this phenomenal literary effervescence.
He was amused to find, when he finished, that the portrait resembled the one he had done of himself in Arles, before Gauguin arrived.
The askew dimple gave his face an amused look, in spite of the fact that his eyes were black with anger.
After skewing myself at the two principal walks of Paris, amusing myself by the astonishment depicted on certain faces well known to me, I went and returned the ear-rings to my dear Manon, who gave an astonished but a happy cry when she saw me.
If empire had amused him as athleticism did there would have been no equal in all history to Commodus.
Madame la Riviere, who received them in a thoroughly professional spirit, and I was inwardly amused and felt that her axiom was a true one.