a barrel of fun

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• barrel of fun — n. a tremendous amount of fun. □ Tracy is just a barrel of fun on dates. □ We had a barrel of fun at your party …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• Barrel of Monkeys (game) — Barrel of Monkeys is a toy game first created by Lakeside Toys in 1965. Today it is produced by the Milton Bradley Company. Milton Bradley s editions consist of a toy barrel in either blue, yellow, red, or green. The barrel contains 12 monkeys,… …   Wikipedia

• barrel — [bar′əl, ber′əl] n. [ME barel < OFr baril < ML barillus < ?] 1. a large, wooden, cylindrical container with flat, circular ends and sides that bulge outward, made usually of staves bound together with hoops 2. the capacity or contents of …   English World dictionary

• barrel — /bar euhl/, n., v., barreled, barreling or (esp. Brit.) barrelled, barrelling. n. 1. a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends. 2. the quantity that such a vessel of… …   Universalium

• barrel — bar•rel [[t]ˈbær əl[/t]] n. v. reled, rel•ing (esp. brit.) relled, rel•ling. 1) a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends 2) wam a standard quantity that such a vessel… …   From formal English to slang

• fun house — noun a) funhouse b) A carnival or amusement park attraction through which customers ramble to see unexpected clowns, distortion mirrors, ramps, slides, stairs, rotating barrel slides, etc …   Wiktionary

• more fun than a barrel full of monkeys — more fun than a barrel (full) of monkeys US informal + somewhat old fashioned : very funny and enjoyable The ads say the movie will be more fun than a barrel of monkeys. • • • Main Entry: ↑barrel more fun than a barrel (full) of monkeys see… …   Useful english dictionary

• more fun than a barrel of monkeys — more fun than a barrel (full) of monkeys US informal + somewhat old fashioned : very funny and enjoyable The ads say the movie will be more fun than a barrel of monkeys. • • • Main Entry: ↑barrel more fun than a barrel (full) of monkeys see… …   Useful english dictionary

• more fun than a barrel of monkeys —    If something is very amusing or enjoyable, you can say that it is more fun than a barrel of monkeys.     The TV quiz was more fun than a barrel of monkeys! …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Lock, Shock, and Barrel — are fictional characters in the animated movie The Nightmare Before Christmas . Introduced as Oogie Boogie s not so loyal little henchmen (possibly against their will), all three are trick or treaters, with faces similar to their masks (e.g.… …   Wikipedia

• a barrel of laughs — [often with negative] informal a source of fun or amusement life is not exactly a barrel of laughs at the moment * * * a barrel of laughs informal : someone or something that is very funny often used in negative statements or in an ironic way to… …   Useful english dictionary