🇬🇧🇨🇳 zany - 滑稽的 : English Lesson

Meaning of "zany" ("滑稽的"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

If someone or something is zany, it is very silly, strange, or wild in a way that makes people laugh. A zany person might wear weird clothes, make goofy faces, or do unexpected, crazy things just to be funny, not to be mean or scary.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

My friend’s zany laugh sounds like a squeaky door trying to sing opera.

We made a zany sandwich with peanut butter, pickles, and a random noodle in the middle.

My zany uncle wears a pizza slice hat to serious meetings and calls it his "thinking cap."

We played a zany game where the floor was lava and the couch was a hungry crocodile.

At the zany talent show, someone juggled invisible balls and kept dropping them.

At the market a zany man wore a zany hat and did a zany dance with a rubber chicken. The zany grin on his face made the children clap; the zany tricks turned frowns into laughs. A small girl hugged the chicken, the man bowed, and the crowd cheered — the town felt lighter, smiling.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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