Usually means: Elbow nerve causing humorous pain.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word funny bone:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. funny bone: Merriam-Webster
  2. funny bone: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. funny bone: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. funny bone: Collins English Dictionary
  5. funny bone: Vocabulary.com
  6. funny-bone, funny bone: Wordnik
  7. funny bone: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. funny bone: Wiktionary
  9. funny bone: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. funny bone: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. funny bone: Dictionary.com
  12. Funny Bone, Funny bone, The Funny Bone: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. funny bone: Rhymezone
  14. Funny Bone: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  15. funny bone: FreeDictionary.org
  16. funny bone: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. funny bone: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. funny bone: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. funny bone: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. funny bone: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Funny bone: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. funny bone: Medical dictionary
  6. Funny bone: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. funny bone: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. funny bone: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See funny_bones as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (funny bone)

noun:  (idiomatic) The ulnar nerve in the elbow, which, when hit, causes a tingly sensation.
noun:  (figuratively) One's sense of humor.

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