Fans Big Fæn Movie Crowds Football Air Noun

• movie fans
• crowds of football fans
• a big fan of rihanna
• to switch on the electric fan

fan

1. a person who admires somebody/something or enjoys watching or listening to somebody/something very much
• movie fans
• crowds of football fans
• a big fan of Rihanna
2. a machine with blades that go round to create a current of air
• see also extractor
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/extractor
• to switch on the electric fan
• a fan heater
3. a thing that you hold in your hand and wave to create a current of cool air
4. when somebody in authority finds out about something bad or wrong that somebody has done
• When the shit hits the fan, I don't want to be here.

Extra Examples

• For armchair fans back home, it was one of the highlights of the Olympics.
• Hundreds of fans besieged the star’s hotel.
• Hundreds of fans clamoured/clamored to catch a glimpse of the star.
• I have a piece of fan fiction on their website.
• I’m a big fan of Italian food.
• More than 40 000 fans turned up for the 12-hour event.
• Only diehard Tolkien fans will enjoy this book.
• Over 120 000 fans packed into the stadium.
• Over 25 000 fans applauded both teams off the field.
• Soccer fans converged on the capital for the cup final.
• Tennis fans flocked to Wimbledon.
• The actress is asking the court to protect her from an obsessive fan who is making her life a misery.
• The big band sound of Syd Lawrence and his Orchestra will delight fans.
• The goal was greeted by jubilation from the home fans.
• The show has an extensive and loyal fan base.
• The singer says her dad is her number one fan.
• There were clashes between opposing fans after the game.
• a fan blowing cold air
• a film that millions of rabid fans have waited years to see
• one of the team’s biggest fans
• Crowds of football fans filled the streets.
• He’s always been a big fan of Pavarotti.
• He’s a big Yankees fan.
• Movie fans will be familiar with his work already.
• She received bags of fan mail.

Word Origin

• noun senses 2 to 3 Old English fann (as a noun denoting a device for winnowing grain), fannian (verb), from Latin vannus ‘winnowing fan’. Compare with vane. noun sense 1 late 19th cent. (originally US): abbreviation of fanatic.