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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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" [syn: funny bone, crazy bone]

Merriam Webster's

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Funny Fun"ny, a. [Compar. Funnier; superl. Funniest.] [From Fun.] Droll; comical; amusing; laughable. Funny bone. See crazy bone, under Crazy.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Crazy Cra"zy (kr[=a]"z[y^]), a. [From Craze.] 1. Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe. Piles of mean andcrazy houses. --Macaulay. One of great riches, but a crazy constitution. --Addison. They . . . got a crazy boat to carry them to the island. --Jeffrey. 2. Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged. Over moist and crazy brains. --Hudibras. 3. Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager. [Colloq.] The girls were crazy to be introduced to him. --R. B. Kimball. Crazy bone, the bony projection at the end of the elbow (olecranon), behind which passes the ulnar nerve; -- so called on account of the curiously painful tingling felt, when, in a particular position, it receives a blow; -- called also funny bone. Crazy quilt, a bedquilt made of pieces of silk or other material of various sizes, shapes, and colors, fancifully stitched together without definite plan or arrangement.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(funny bones) Your funny bone is the soft part of your elbow which gives you an uncomfortable feeling on your skin if it is hit. (INFORMAL) N-COUNT: usu sing