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People went to Plato's Retreat to laugh and dance and have fun -- and the fun was there.

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  1. noun A source of enjoyment, amusement, or pleasure.
  2. noun Enjoyment; amusement: have fun at the beach.
  3. noun Playful, often noisy, activity.

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  • People went to Plato's Retreat to laugh and dance and have fun -- and the fun was there. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • Adding to the fun is the challenge of getting combos by carefully using the 'fan', and there are bonus levels to top it all off. —  Game Tunnel
  • SXSW fun, no need to worry … the fun is available to you at no cost. —  keyetv.com Local News
  • At last he struck up the music of the Highland Fling, and the three children sprang to the middle of the floor and danced the wild Scotch dance together Just as the fun was at its height, and Alan, looking very handsome in his kilts, was doing the heel and toe with great energy, there came a loud rap at the door. —  The Scotch Twins
  • People passing in the road below looked up and smiled involuntarily at the red-cheeked lads and lasses, filling the frosty air with peals of laughter and cries of triumph as they flew by in every conceivable attitude; for the fun was at its height now, and the oldest and gravest observers felt a glow of pleasure as they looked, remembering their own young days Jack, take me down that coast. —  Jack and Jill
 

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humor ·  amusement ·  sport ·  adventure ·  laughter ·  pleasure ·  joke ·  mirth ·  entertainment ·  enjoyment ·  mischief ·  game
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Possibly from fon, to make a fool of, from Middle English fonnen, to fool, possibly from fonne, fool.

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  1. First appears in literature in the latter part of the 17th century; scantly recorded in the 18th century (in Gay, Goldsmith, Burns, etc.); of Scots origin, ult. Celtic: cf. Gaelic fonn, delight, desire, temper, an air, = Irish fonn, delight, desire. Certainly not connected with fon, fond.
  2. from fun, n.
 

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