Waggery

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  waggery
       n 1: waggish behavior [syn: {waggishness}]
       2: a quaint and amusing jest [syn: {drollery}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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