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Definition: Funny Bone |
Funny BoneNoun1. 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; "the funny bone is not humerus". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | The place at the back of the elbow where the ulnar nerve rests against the medial condyle of the humerus: olecranon called also crazy bone. (references) |
Literature | Funny Bone A pun on the word humerus. It is the inner condyle of the humerus; or, to speak untechnically, the knob, or enlarged end of the bone terminating where the ulnar nerve is exposed at the elbow; the crazy bone. A knock on this bone at the elbow produces a painful sensation. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonym: Funny BoneSynonym: crazy bone (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Funny Bone |
| English words defined with "funny bone": Crazy bone. (references) |
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Lyrics | Says Dethrone the Dictaphone hit it in his funny bone and that's where they (Blinded By The Light (Bruce Springsteen); performing artist: MANFRED MANN) | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
funny bone | 214 |
funny bone comedy club | 177 |
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| Language | Translations for "funny bone"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | чувство за хумор (humor, humour, sense of humor, sense of humour), чувствително място на лакътя. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | PETIT juif. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | craue yn uillin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | unnyfay onebay partea cotului. (various references) локтевая кость (cubit, ulna, ulnae, ulnas). (various references) hueso de la alegría. (various references) dirsekte çarpınca karıncalanan yer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Funny Bone" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: funnybone. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-f-n-n-n-o-u-y" | |
-4 letters: benny, boney, bonne, bonny, bunny, ebony, fenny, funny. | |
-5 letters: bone, bony, bunn, buoy, ebon, neon, none, noun, obey, unbe. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 75 6E 6E 79 42 6F 6E 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01110101 01101110 01101110 01111001 00100000 01000010 01101111 01101110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F u n n y   B o n e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0075 006E 006E 0079 0042 006F 006E 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4087808091236818071 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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