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Spanish: tiras cómicas, chistoso.

Definition: Funnies

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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"Funnies" is a common misspelling or typo for: funniest, gunnies.

Date "Funnies" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1885. (references)

Common Expressions: Funnies

Expressions Definition
Hobart's Funnies Hobart's Funnies were a number of unusually modified tanks operated by the 79th Armoured Division, with specialists from the Royal Engineers. They were designed in light of experiences during the Dieppe Raid to overcome the problems of the planned Invasion of Normandy and played a major part on the Commonwealth beaches during the landings. They may be considered the forerunners of the modern Combat engineering vehicle. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Extended Definition: Funnies

Funnies

Funnies can refer to:

  • Comic strips, known colloquially as "the funny pages", shortened to "the funnies"
  • The Funnies, a proto-comic book series first published by Dell Publishing in 1929
  • Funnies (golf), terms used in golf to describe unusual events that are used for gambling
  • Funnies on Parade, a proto-comic book series published by Eastern Color Printing in 1933
  • Famous Funnies, a seminal 1930s American comic book series
  • Hobart's Funnies - the specialised tanks of the British 79th Armoured Division
  • The Funnies (Monica's Gang) - a Mauricio de Sousa's creation related to Monica's Gang

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Funnies"



Topics by Level of Interest: Funnies

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Hobart's Funnies 23     Archie's TV Funnies 10
Funnies Inc. 15     Famous Funnies 8
The Flintstone Funnies 11     Feature Funnies 3
Archie's TV Funnies 10     Funnies 2
Motion Picture Funnies Weekly 10     Funnies Inc. 15
Famous Funnies 8     Funnies on Parade 7
Funnies on Parade 7     Hobart's Funnies 23
The Funnies 5     Matty's Funday Funnies 2
Feature Funnies 3     Motion Picture Funnies Weekly 10
Uncle Bill Reads the Funnies 3     Ninja Funnies 2
Funnies 2     The Flintstone Funnies 11
Matty's Funday Funnies 2     The Funnies 5
Ninja Funnies 2     Uncle Bill Reads the Funnies 3

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

"funnies" is a common misspelling or typo for: funniest, gunnies.

Synonyms: funnies
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Noun

 comedy, comics.
Consider also: farce, caricatures, mag, magazine, performer, buffoonery, drollery, frivolity, funniness, harlequinade, prank.

Other

 funny, funnier, humorous.

Expression

 comic strip.
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Computed Synonyms: funnies

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   6.0496   funnies     funny     comic, amusing, humorous, droll, odd   
 2   5.1093   funnies     drolls     stranges, queers, zanies, outlandishes, antics   
 3   5.0093   funnies     rum     strange, odd, queer, peculiar, rummy   
 4   5.0093   funnies     comic     funny, comical, humorous, ridiculous, amusing   
 5   4.1093   funnies     humorous     funny, comic, amusing, comical, droll   
 6   3.0093   funnies     amusing     funny, entertaining, comic, humorous, pleasant   
 7   2.1090   funnies     disingenuous     insincere, deceitful, false, sly, dishonest   
 8   2.0192   funnies     fraudulent     deceitful, cheat, trickster, false, dishonest   
 9   2.0096   funnies     cunning     sly, smart, clever, crafty, astute   
 10   2.0094   funnies     cute     lovely, clever, smart, cunning, nice   
 11   2.0093   funnies     wittily     in a lively way, sharply, willowily, acutely, subtly   
 12   2.0093   funnies     joke     jest, fun, gag, banter, lark   
 13   2.0092   funnies     jolly     merry, joyful, cheerful, gay, joyous   
 14   2.0092   funnies     exhaust     deplete, drain, exhausted, empty, wear out   
 15   2.0092   funnies     guileful     cunning, sly, wily, crafty, artful   
--------------------     70 synonyms ranked from 16 to 85 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Synonyms via Expressions: funnies

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   2.2086   funnies     behind ones back     cunning, sly, devious   
 2   2.0186   funnies     extractor fan     suction fan, ventilator, exhauster   
 3   1.7795   funnies     the funnies     comics   
 4   1.0488   funnies     aint it funny     funny, wit, wittily   
 5   1.0093   funnies     bon mot     witticism, quip, wisecrack   
 6   1.0088   funnies     busily engaged     lively, bright, frisky   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Expressions: funnies

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Expression

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.7795   the funnies     funnies     funny, drolls   
 2   1.1090   the funnies     comics     eccentrics, sillies   
 3   1.1089   the funnies     comic strips     comics, funnies   
 4   1.1089   the funnies     comic books     comics, funnies   
 5   1.0089   the funnies     comic     funny, comical   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: funnies

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya كاريكاتور (caricature, cartoon, funnies). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha كاريكاتور (caricature, cartoon, funnies). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic كاريكاتور (caricature, cartoon, funnies). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Basque komikiak (comics, funnies). Additional references: Basque, Spain, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian comics (comic strip, funnies), vtipy (cracks, wits, funnies, gags, jests). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Brazilian Portuguese exaustor (exhauster, exhaust, exhaust pipe, extractor fan, extractor hood). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina comics (comic strip, funnies), vtipy (cracks, wits, funnies, gags, jests). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 连环图画 (funnies), 滑稽可笑 (funnier, funnies, funny), 成年人的连环图画 (adult funnies). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 連環圖畫 (funnies, comic), 成年人的連環圖畫 (adult funnies). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Corse gattivu sughjettu (drole, drolls, funnies, rum), birbante (behind ones back, cunning, disingenuous, drole, drolls), stranu (strange, curious, funny, extraordinary, original). Additional references: Corse, France, Italy, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Corsi gattivu sughjettu (drole, drolls, funnies, rum), birbante (behind ones back, cunning, disingenuous, drole, drolls), stranu (strange, curious, funny, extraordinary, original). Additional references: Corsi, France, Italy, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Corsican gattivu sughjettu (drole, drolls, funnies, rum), birbante (behind ones back, cunning, disingenuous, drole, drolls), stranu (strange, curious, funny, extraordinary, original). Additional references: Corsican, France, Italy, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Corso gattivu sughjettu (drole, drolls, funnies, rum), birbante (behind ones back, cunning, disingenuous, drole, drolls), stranu (strange, curious, funny, extraordinary, original). Additional references: Corso, France, Italy, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Corsu gattivu sughjettu (drole, drolls, funnies, rum), birbante (behind ones back, cunning, disingenuous, drole, drolls), stranu (strange, curious, funny, extraordinary, original). Additional references: Corsu, France, Italy, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech comics (comic strip, funnies), vtipy (cracks, wits, funnies, gags, jests). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch Lustig (gay, merry, funny, frolicsome, jocular), Comic strips (funnies). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch Hobart's Funnies (Hobart's Funnies). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Euskera komikiak (comics, funnies). Additional references: Euskera, Spain, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Français bandes dessinées (comics, funnies, comic, comic books, comic strips), pages comiques (funnies), bandes dessinés (comics, funnies). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
French bandes dessinées (comics, funnies, comic, comic books, comic strips), pages comiques (funnies), bandes dessinés (comics, funnies). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
German Lustig (gay, merry, funny, frolicsome, jocular), Comic strips (funnies). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Hebrew ציורי בדיחה (funnies). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic كاريكاتور (caricature, cartoon, funnies). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Lustig (gay, merry, funny, frolicsome, jocular), Comic strips (funnies). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Lustig (gay, merry, funny, frolicsome, jocular), Comic strips (funnies). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Hungarian rajzsorozat (funnies). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian fumetti (comic, comic strip, comic strips, go funny, strip cartoons). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Ivrit ציורי בדיחה (funnies). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese 漫画欄 (comics, funnies), おかしいもの (funnies). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Magyar rajzsorozat (funnies). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Norwegian morsom (funny, jolly, humorous, amusing, comic). Additional references: Norwegian, Norway, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese exaustor (exhauster, exhaust, exhaust pipe, extractor fan, funnies). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Ruotsi tecknade serier (funnies, funny). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian страничка юмора (funnies), острота (acuity, wisecrack, witticism, acuteness, mot). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration) stranichka yumora (funnies), ostrota (acuity, wisecrack, witticism, acuteness, mot). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki страничка юмора (funnies), острота (acuity, wisecrack, witticism, acuteness, mot). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration) stranichka yumora (funnies), ostrota (acuity, wisecrack, witticism, acuteness, mot). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish tiras cómicas (funnies), la sección humorística (funnies), chistoso (funny, humorist, wit, wittily, facetious). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Svenska tecknade serier (funnies, funny). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Swedish tecknade serier (funnies, funny). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Turkish gazetede çizgi romanlar (funnies), fıkra (clause, anecdote, article, joke, column), çizgi roman (funnies). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian гумористчний розділ (funnies). Additional references: Ukrainian, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian (transliteration) gumoristchniy rozdіl (funnies). Additional references: Ukrainian, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Vascuense komikiak (comics, funnies). Additional references: Vascuense, Spain, funnies. (volunteer & more translations)
Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). Top

Constructed Language Translations: funnies

Language Translations for “funnies” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag fathagunnathagies (funnies). Additional references: Athag, funnies. (volunteer)
Double Dutch fagunnagies (funnies). Additional references: Double Dutch, funnies. (volunteer)
Leet |=(_){\}{\}!35 (funnies). Additional references: Leet, funnies. (volunteer)
Oppish fopunnopies (funnies). Additional references: Oppish, funnies. (volunteer)
Pig Latin unniesfay (funnies). Additional references: Pig Latin, funnies. (volunteer)
Terran B bartitu (funnies). Additional references: Terran B, funnies. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi fubunnubies (funnies). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, funnies. (volunteer)
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