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gaggery

gaggery noun: the use of gags or jokes.

Noun

gaggery (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The use of gags or jokes.
    • Each of their roles is so loaded with slickery, inconsistency and lowbrow intellectualisms, along with slapstick gaggery on which one can but gag, that the waste of talent is depressing.1972, New York Magazine, volume 5, number 23, page 61
    • She wished she could let her guard down, too, because Mr. Bradby, aside from his unconsidered words upstairs, was both endearing and skilled with gaggery.2013, Jo Ann Brown, The Dutiful Daughter, page 47

Origin of gaggery

From gag + -ery.

Questions about gaggery

What does gaggery mean?
Gaggery means the use of gags or jokes.
What part of speech is gaggery?
Gaggery is a noun.

Words near gaggery in the dictionary

  1. gagged a dog off a gut wagon
  2. gaggee
  3. gaggees
  4. gagger
  5. gaggers
  6. gaggery
  7. gaggier
  8. gaggiest
  9. gagging
  10. gagging a buzzard off a gut wagon
  11. gagging a dog off a gut wagon

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