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waggery

waggery noun: droll behaviour characteristic of a wag.

Noun

waggery (countable and uncountable, plural waggeries)

  1. Droll behaviour characteristic of a wag.
    • Earnestly bent upon fulfilling the weighty, nay solemn, responsibilities of his office at all hazard, even at the risk of so far neglecting his parliamentary duties as to appear upon the division-list less frequently than any of his colleagues, Sir John Pakington wore the wooden spoon at the...1858, Charles Kent, The Derby Ministry: A Series of Cabinet Pictures, page 237
  2. (countable) A droll remark or jest.

waggery meaning in Urdu

waggery in Urdu

دل لگی, ہنسی مذاق, ٹھٹھول, ظرافت

Forms of waggery

pluralwaggeries

Origin of waggery

From wag + -ery.

Questions about waggery

What does waggery mean?
Waggery means droll behaviour characteristic of a wag.
What is waggery in Urdu?
Waggery in Urdu is دل لگی, ہنسی مذاق, ٹھٹھول. See Waggery meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is waggery?
Waggery is a noun.
What is the plural of waggery?
The plural of waggery is waggeries.

Words near waggery in the dictionary

  1. wagger-pagger
  2. wagger-pagger-bagger
  3. wagger-pagger-baggers
  4. waggeries
  5. waggers
  6. waggery
  7. wagges
  8. waggeth
  9. Waggett
  10. WAGGGS
  11. waggie

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