waggery
71sport — n 1. game, contest, tournament, competition, athletic event; athletics, sports, exercise. 2. recreation, play, pastime, amusement, entertainment; diversion, divertissement, distraction, relaxation; pleasure, enjoyment, delight, gaiety, cheer,… …
72tomfoolery — n 1. antic, antics, caper, Inf. shenanigans, Sl. monkeyshines, Sl. monkey business; mockery, farce, mummery; mischief, prankishness, Inf. hanky panky, Scot, and North Eng. daffing; prank, escapade, trick, practical joke, roguish trick, Fr.… …
73wordplay — n 1. repartee, give and take, lively exchange, riposte, Inf. snappy comeback; quip, Inf. zinger, Inf. a good one; banter, badinage, persiflage; drollery, waggery, jest, Inf. kidding, Inf. kidding back and forth, Inf. joshing, Sl. funning around;… …
74zaniness — n clownishness, zanyism, clowning, clownery; buffoonery, buffoonism, buffoonishness, harlequinade; joking, jesting, jocosity, jocoseness, waggishness, waggery, drollery; levity, frivolity, facetiousness; silliness, childishness, prankishness;… …
75mischief — [n] trouble, damage atrocity, catastrophe, devilment, devilry, dirty trick*, evil, fault, friskiness, frolicsomeness, funny business*, gag, harm, high jinks*, hurt, ill, impishness, injury, misbehavior, mischievousness, misconduct, misdoing,… …
76drollery — noun 1. a comic incident or series of incidents • Syn: ↑clowning, ↑comedy, ↑funniness • Derivationally related forms: ↑funny (for: ↑funniness), ↑comic ( …
77jocularity — noun 1. a feeling facetious merriment • Syn: ↑jocundity • Derivationally related forms: ↑jocular, ↑jocund (for: ↑jocundity) • Hypernyms: ↑gaiety, ↑ …
78waggishness — noun waggish behavior • Syn: ↑waggery • Derivationally related forms: ↑waggish • Hypernyms: ↑fun, ↑play, ↑sport …
79ro|guer|y — «ROH guhr ee», noun, plural guer|ies. 1. the conduct of rogues; dishonest trickery. SYNONYM(S): knavery, rascality, fraud. 2. playful mischief. SYNONYM(S): mischievousness, waggery …
80wag´gish|ness — wag|gish «WAG ihsh», adjective. 1. fond of making jokes. SYNONYM(S): jocular. 2. a) of or characteristic of a wag: »a waggish look. b) done or made in a spirit of waggery or mischievous fun; funny; humorous: »a waggish remark …
