They’ll write the actual definition down on a slip of paper. Have one student choose an obscure word from the dictionary. Have you ever played the amazing party game Balderdash? It’s one of my favs! Well, your students can play their own version. My second letter is an “o.” I am three syllables long. For Example: I begin with the fourth letter of the alphabet. As students hear the clues, they look for the word in the dictionary until they have narrowed it down to just one.
#FUNNY WORDS IN THE DICTIONARY SERIES#
When you call out a word, the student(s) must find the word as quickly as possible. Give each student or pair of students a dictionary. You can make one up yourself, or get this one for free. Send your students on a Dictionary Scavenger Hunt.They are, of course, great for looking up words and you will use them to teach dictionary skills, but there are also other great things you can do with these rather large volumes of words. Hopefully, you’ve got dictionaries, maybe even a class set. Send us feedback.Are you looking for some fun activities for National Dictionary Day? It’s October 16th, which was Noah Webster’s (the father of the American dictionary) birthday! These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'funny.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 2017 The special featured funny takes on money-hungry televangelists, and a hilarious impression of Ugandan President Idi Amin. Morning Brief, The Seattle Times, 6 July 2018 Lewandowski assured her Facebook followers that Quinn later found the melted doll funny and wasn't traumatized at all. Senate candidate’s name into that of a sandwich. San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2019 Let’s feast on some funnies: A tasty typo turned a U.S. Grant Hotel yesterday for the start of the first San Diego Golden State Comics Convention. 2019 Here For Golden State Convention By ANDREW MAKARUSHKA More than 200 persons who take their funnies seriously gathered in the U.S. 2021 Anyway, how does a run-through of all these funnies and memes and LOLs and ROFLs out there in the English football world sound? - SI.com, 20 Aug. 2021 This Netflix look at vulgar language, starring Nicolas Cage, is bust-a-gut funny.
New York Times, The voice will be instantly recognizable as Saundersesque to anyone familiar with his fiction: jocular and often stand-up-comic funny, with a focus on providing joyful surprises with every turn of phrase. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 June 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Many readers found Caity’s self-deprecating tone in the article funny, and others commented that the van life wasn’t supposed to be glamorous. Anne Thériault, Longreads, 21 June 2022 Midway through, the bear is injured and drinks an entire truck of SLURP juice which was pretty funny. Fox News Staff, Fox News, 14 July 2022 The king thought the whole situation was pretty funny and suggested John be made into a court jester. Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News, 16 July 2022 Fox News contributor Lara Trump slammed Vice President Kamala Harris for her latest gaffe from a Workforce Summit speech, arguing that the string of gaffes is no longer funny. Malina Saval, Variety, 20 July 2022 Some selfies mishaps may be funny, but this fate definitely is not. New York Times, 20 July 2022 In the series, Gabriel’s relationship with his mother, Merkada, is quite funny. Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 27 July 2022 Most of our text exchanges involved my career switch from eating on camera to cooking on camera and how funny that was, and her big move. Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 July 2022 The way Kardashian, who is also mom to son Reign and daughter Penelope, phrased this reminder is, actually, pretty funny. Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective The ’90s wardrobe also emphasizes how the cruel, misogynistic humor of the era wasn’t funny - as exhibited by a Jay Leno interview, during which Pam maintains her dignity.
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