FUNNIES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does funnies mean? 

• FUNNIES (noun)
  The noun FUNNIES has 1 sense:

1. a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book

  Familiarity information: FUNNIES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FUNNIES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

cartoon strip; comic strip; funnies; strip

Hypernyms ("funnies" is a kind of...):

cartoon; sketch (a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine)

Meronyms (parts of "funnies"):

frame (a single drawing in a comic strip)

Holonyms ("funnies" is a part of...):

newspaper; paper (a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements)

comic book (a magazine devoted to comic strips)