Define the word Waggery"Waggery" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Waggery \Wag"ger*y\ (-g[~e]r*[y^]), n.; pl. Waggeries. [From
Wag.]
The manner or action of a wag; mischievous merriment;
sportive trick or gayety; good-humored sarcasm; pleasantry;
jocularity; as, the waggery of a schoolboy. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]
A drollery and lurking waggery of expression. --W.
Irving.
[1913 Webster]
"waggery" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
waggery
n 1: waggish behavior [syn: waggishness]
2: a quaint and amusing jest [syn: drollery]
"waggery" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "waggery":
crack, devilishness, devilment, devilry, deviltry, drollery,
elfishness, flippancy, foolishness, frivolity, gag, high spirits,
impishness, jape, jest, levity, merriment, mischief,
mischievousness, playfulness, prankishness, pranksomeness,
puckishness, quip, roguery, roguishness, scampishness,
sportiveness, trickery, trickiness, waggishness, wisecrack,
witticism, yak, youthful spirits
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