A funfair is an event held in a park or field at which people pay to ride on various machines for amusement or try to win prizes in games. The people who organize and operate it usually take it from one place to another. We all love to frighten ourselves by going on hair-raising rides at funfairs.
The funfair is an entertaining day out for all the family, and we all love to ride a scary roller coaster, play competitive funfair games, or eat as much candyfloss as we can before we feel sick!
Funfair, therefore, has more to do with recreation, entertainment and games centres. When you have a loud piece of music played on brass instruments, often to announce something important, then you have a fanfare. The celebrator's speech was heralded by a fanfare.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Outdoorfun‧fair /ˈfʌnfeə $ -fer/ noun [countable] British English a noisy outdoor event where you can ride on machines, play games to win prizes etc SYN fairExamples from the Corpusfunfair• There is a funfair next door and the big wheels can be clearly seen ...
A fairground is an area of land where a fair is held. Imagine one of those distorted fairground mirrors where the reflection is recognisable but oddly misshapen.
They'll love the funfair and farm animals. There's a new funfair ride in the shape of a football. After studying mechanical engineering, he worked in a garage while fixing funfair rides. It was fantastically exciting, all of it, better than any funfair ride.
Funfairs are seen as family entertainment, and most include a significant number of children's rides. Many of these are smaller, platform based rides like, cup & saucer, toy sets, train rides, as well as smaller slower versions of the adult rides, Ferris wheels, waltzers, even children's bumper cars.
A funfair is an event held in a park or field at which people pay to ride on various machines for amusement or try to win prizes in games. The people who organize and operate it usually take it from one place to another.
What's the difference between a carnival and a fun fair?
In summation – carnivals are small, often traveling, and focus on entertainment. Fairs are larger, often community-sponsored, and feature competitions as well as elements of carnivals.
fair, just, equitable, impartial, unbiased, dispassionate, objective mean free from favor toward either or any side. fair implies a proper balance of conflicting interests. just implies an exact following of a standard of what is right and proper.
if a person or thing is said to be fair game, it is considered acceptable to play jokes on them, criticize them, etc. The younger teachers were considered fair game by most of the kids.
In the United Kingdom, showmen are a community intrinsically linked to the businesses they operate, such as funfairs and circuses. The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain is the most dominant trade association, with a membership of around 4,700 and a total collective of 25,000 showmen and -women in the industry.
We went to a craft fair at the weekend. But it can also be a carnival with rides, games, and stalls: I went to the fair and won a goldfish! In all the cases above, though, the correct spelling is 'fair'.
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses) 1. Of things seen or heard: (a) beautifully, splendidly, attractively, neatly; (b) brightly; (c) pleasantly, sweetly.
A dictionary, or this article, can assist in that endeavor. Remember fair is a noun, adjective, and adverb, whereas fare is a noun and verb. If an adjective (or adverb) is called for, fair is the word; if a verb is wanted, fare is the choice.
In the United Kingdom and some of its former colonies, a fête is a public outdoor festival organised to raise money for a charity. It typically includes entertainment and the sale of goods and refreshments.
a place where fairs, horse races, etc., are held; in the U.S. usually an area set aside by a city, county, or state for an annual fair and often containing exhibition buildings.
