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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Informal A point on the elbow where the ulnar nerve runs close to the surface and produces a sharp tingling sensation if knocked against the bone.
- n. Informal A sense of humor.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The place at the elbow where the ulnar nerve passes by the internal condyle of the humerus. The nerve is here superficial and comparatively unprotected, and a blow upon it gives rise to a tingling sensation on the ulnar side of the hand. Also called
crazy-bone .
Wiktionary
- n. figuratively One's sense of humor.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. See crazy bone, under Crazy.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a point on the elbow where the ulnar nerve passes near the surface; a sharp tingling sensation results when the nerve is knocked against the bone
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treeseed Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
noun
Etymology: from the tingling felt when it is struck
Date: 1840
1 : the place at the back of the elbow where the ulnar nerve rests against a prominence of the humerus
2 : a sense of humor
I just gave my funny bone a whack and there was surprisingly little humor in the humerus. Feb 10, 2008