"fun up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: funs up [present, singular, third-person], funning up [participle, present], funned up [participle, past], funned up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fun up (third-person singular simple present funs up, present participle funning up, simple past and past participle funned up)
  1. To make something humorous or to make a joke about something
    Sense id: en-fun_up-en-verb-0RQ7K~7J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fun up meaning in English (1.2kB)

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