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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | cheer, cheer up, jolly along, jolly up |
| Has types | convulse |
| Derivation | amusement, amusive |
The clown amused the children.
Examples of amuse
amuse
The fun starts with a boozy amuse bouche, a refreshing raspberry litchi Bellini.
From the bloomberg.com
We started making fake displays to amuse ourselves since we were all unemployed.
From the tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com
As an only child you're conditioned to amuse and entertain yourself for periods.
From the guardian.co.uk
Amuse everyone with the classic schoolyard game with the dog playing the monkey.
From the sacbee.com
There also was more tourist tripe, apparently meant to amuse cruise passengers.
From the thenewstribune.com
Even the amuse-bouches were good, and they're usually a waste of everyone's time.
From the guardian.co.uk
While the gas pumped I could muster up something clever to amuse the Texaco girl.
From the thenewstribune.com
That the announcement of his name afterward drew boos seemed to amuse Cammalleri.
From the latimes.com
As you're reading the possibilities at 2941, the amuse-bouches are brought out.
From the washingtonpost.com
- Occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion; "The play amused the ladies"
- Make (somebody) laugh; "The clown amused the children"
- (amused) pleasantly occupied; "We are not amused" -Queen Victoria
- (amusing) providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining; "an amusing speaker"; "a diverting story"
- (amusing) arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; ...
- Amusement is the state of experiencing humorous and usually entertaining events or situations, and is associated with enjoyment, happiness, laughter and pleasure. The word "Amuse" is so named from the opposite of "Muse" -to learn or to think.
- AMuse is a freeware music collection manager for AmigaOS4 that includes Last.fm client functionality . AMuse supports submissions of locally played music, listening to Last.fm similar artists and user library, scrobbling of tracks. ...
- To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing emotions; To cause laughter, to be funny; To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude; this sense? ...
- (amused) referring to someone who is in a state of being entertained
