'Waggery' definitions:
Definition of 'waggery'
From: WordNet
noun
Waggish behavior [syn: waggery, waggishness]
noun
A quaint and amusing jest [syn: drollery, waggery]
Definition of 'Waggery'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'waggery'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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