Funny bone

funny bone
    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}]
    

Funny \Fun"ny\, a. [Compar. {Funnier}; superl. {Funniest}.]
   [From {Fun}.]
   Droll; comical; amusing; laughable; inciting laughter.
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   {Funny bone}. See {crazy bone}, under {Crazy}.
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Crazy \Cra"zy\ (kr[=a]"z[y^]), a. [From {Craze}.]
   1. Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken;
      falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.
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            Piles of mean andcrazy houses.        --Macaulay.
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            One of great riches, but a crazy constitution.
                                                  --Addison.
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            They . . . got a crazy boat to carry them to the
            island.                               --Jeffrey.
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   2. Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered;
      demented; deranged.
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            Over moist and crazy brains.          --Hudibras.
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   3. Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager. [Colloq.]
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            The girls were crazy to be introduced to him. --R.
                                                  B. Kimball.
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   {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.
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