Definition of Fun run

1. Noun. A footrace run for fun (often including runners who are sponsored for a charity).

Exact synonyms: Funrun
Generic synonyms: Foot Race, Footrace, Run

Definition of Fun run

1. Noun. A sporting event where people run a certain distance for charity rather than for competition. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fun Run

fumonisins
fumosity
fumous
fums
fumuli
fumulus
fumy
fun(a)
fun-loving
fun-size
fun and games
fun bags
fun run (current term)
fun size
fun sponge
funalicious
funambulate
funambulated
funambulates
funambulating
funambulation
funambulations
funambulatory
funambulism
funambulisms
funambulist
funambulists

Literary usage of Fun run

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Alliance of Musick, Poetry and Oratory: Under the Head of Poetry is by Anselm Bayly (1789)
"... note, none, fen, fun, run, gun ; which, laft found in none, fon, fun, run, gun, I would call the open u like the French e feminine in le, je, ..."

2. Partial Evaluation and Automatic Program Generation by Neil D. Jones, Carsten K. Gomard, Peter Sestoft (1993)
"... w) in (n::nsl, v::vsl) end fun eval (Int n, s) = nI eval (Var x, s) = lookup(x, s) I eval (Op("+",[el,e2]), s) = eval(el, s) + eval(e2, s) fun run (1, ..."

3. Adventure Guide to the Alps by Krista Dana (2004)
"A fun run When the snow is good, intermediate-level skiers can take advantage of the Titlis area's huge vertical drop - a total of 1970 m - by making the ..."

4. Bolivia by Vivien Lougheed (2006)
"Adventures on Foot Hash House Harriers ¡sa club of runners who usually have a fun run once a week in Santa Cruz. A hash run goes like this. ..."

5. Spell & Write, Kindergarten by Jo Ellen Moore (2005)
"... Identifying Like Words Draw a line to make a match. fun sun run Circle the word that is the same as the first word. sun fun sun fun run run sun sun run ..."

6. Nutrient Composition of Rations for Short-term, High-intensity Combat Operations by Fnb, Institute of Medicine (U. S.), High-stress Situations, Committee on Military Nutrition Research, National Academy of Sciences (2005)
"Profound hypophosphataemia in patients collapsing after a "fun run". Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 292(6518):447^48. Dangin M, Guillet C, Garcia-Rodenas C, ..."

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