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funning
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
funning

"jesting, joking," by 1900, verbal noun from fun (v.).

Wiktionary
funning

vb. (present participle of fun English)

WordNet
funning

See fun

fun
  1. adj. providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining; "an amusing speaker"; "a diverting story"; "a fun thing to do" [syn: amusing, amusive, diverting, fun(a)]

  2. [also: funning, funned]

fun
  1. n. activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the fun of it"; "he is fun to have around" [syn: merriment, playfulness]

  2. verbal wit (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun" [syn: play, sport]

  3. violent and excited activity; "she asked for money and then the fun began"; "they began to fight like fun"

  4. a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement; "her playfulness surprised me"; "he was fun to be with" [syn: playfulness]

  5. [also: funning, funned]

Usage examples of "funning".

Reiterating his request to Sylvester to stop funning, he added a strongly worded protest against the impropriety of his chasing all over the country after a mere sawbones.

Did she also tell you that it was a piece of funning between my brother and me—discreditable, if you like, but never meant to go beyond the pair of us?

The Earl looked up impatiently, but when he saw his wife standing on the threshold his expression changed, and he smiled at her, saying in a funning tone: "How do you contrive, Nell, always to appear prettier than I remembered you?

Lavinia, who was her dearest friend, had told her how low and oppressed poor Oliver was, and had asked her to come again, because funning with her, and making up charades, had quite got up his spirits.

She slid her hand in his arm, and said, in her funning voice: ‘You may take that as a compliment, if you please!

We'll use a picture of Aladdin rubbing his lamp as a trade-mark, with the genie funning above him.