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Meaning of "waggery" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WAGGERY

waggery  [ˈwæɡərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WAGGERY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Waggery is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WAGGERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of waggery in the English dictionary

The definition of waggery in the dictionary is jocular behaviour. Other definition of waggery is a humorous act.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WAGGERY


allegory
ˈælɪɡərɪ
Calgary
ˈkælɡərɪ
carpetbaggery
ˈkɑːpɪtˌbæɡərɪ
category
ˈkætɪɡərɪ
faggery
ˈfæɡərɪ
gaggery
ˈɡæɡərɪ
Gregory
ˈɡrɛɡərɪ
Hungary
ˈhʌŋɡərɪ
jaggary
ˈdʒæɡərɪ
jaggery
ˈdʒæɡərɪ
jagghery
ˈdʒæɡərɪ
raggery
ˈræɡərɪ
ratbaggery
ˈrætˌbæɡərɪ
staggery
ˈstæɡərɪ
subcategory
ˈsʌbˌkætəɡərɪ
sugary
ˈʃʊɡərɪ
thuggery
ˈθʌɡərɪ
vinegary
ˈvɪnɪɡərɪ
windbaggery
ˈwɪndˌbæɡərɪ
zigzaggery
ˌzɪɡˈzæɡərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WAGGERY

wages policy
wages settlement
wages slip
wagga
Wagga Wagga
wagged
wagger
wagging
waggish
waggishly
waggishness
waggle
waggler
wagglingly
waggly
waggon
waggoner
waggonette
waggonless
waggonload

WORDS THAT END LIKE WAGGERY

buggery
doggery
eggery
figgery
froggery
groggery
hoggery
humbuggery
imagery
niggery
pettifoggery
piggery
priggery
sculduggery
skulduggery
skullduggery
smuggery
snuggery
toggery
Whiggery
wiggery

Synonyms and antonyms of waggery in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «waggery» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WAGGERY

Find out the translation of waggery to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of waggery from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «waggery» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

waggery
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

waggery
570 millions of speakers

English

waggery
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दिल्लगी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

waggery
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

waggery
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

waggery
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইয়ারকি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

espièglerie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Waggery
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

waggery
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

waggery
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

waggery
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Waggery
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pha trò
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குறும்புத்தனம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चपळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lâtife
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

waggery
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

waggery
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

waggery
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

waggery
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

waggery
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

schalk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

waggery
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

waggery
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of waggery

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WAGGERY»

The term «waggery» is used very little and occupies the 155.947 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WAGGERY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «waggery» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «waggery» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about waggery

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WAGGERY»

Discover the use of waggery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to waggery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Stories from the Bow Seat: The Wisdom and Waggery of Canoe ...
This large-format book features paintings, sketches, photographs, contemporary and historic essays, anecdotes, journal entries, book excerpts, interviews, and much more on the topic of canoe-tripping.
Don Standfield, Liz Lundell, 1999
2
Carols of Cockayne
With my waggery, ah ! My waggery, oh ! For I crush'd them at once with my waggery, oh ! Among persons of genius the tone that I took Was a mixture of Jerrold and Theodore Hook. And a great fund of anecdote, varied in style, I employ'd ...
Henry Sambrooke Leigh, 1869
3
Court Magazine, and Monthly Critic: Containing Original ...
Containing Original Papers, by Distinguished Writers, and Finely Engraved Portraits and Landscapes, from Paintings by Eminent Masters Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Sheridan Northon (Hon. Mrs.) SOME THOUGHTS ON ARCH-WAGGERY,  ...
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Sheridan Northon (Hon. Mrs.), 1837
4
The Court magazine and belle assemblée [afterw.] and monthly ...
Court magazine and monthly critic. SOME THOUGHTS ON ARCH-WAGGERY, AND, IN ESrECIAL, ON THE GENIUS OF " BOZ." FAREWELL. COURT AND FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. REVIEW OF NEW WORKS. s. Arch- Waggery is as ...
Court magazine and monthly critic, 1837
5
Charles Dickens: The Critical Heritage
4. From. an. unsigned. article,. aSome. Thoughts. on. Arch-. Waggery,. and. in. especial,. on. the. Genius. of. ®Boz ̄«,. Court Magazine April1837,x, 184¥7 ̧ Our readers cannot fail to have observed the sudden turn for thecomic, which has  ...
Philip Collins, 2013
6
Eliza Cook's Journal
There is » geitins of waggery which lie strives to reach. The Wag is sometimes bored by a young lady observing of him — "Ah, here comes Bumby — now, do tell us something funny ! " He thinks the young lady is quizzing him, but ho doesn' t ...
Eliza Cook, 1851
7
The European Magazine, and London Review
Waggery in Wapping— Wlio'i the Murderer — Don Giovanni. Jane 16. Waggery in Wapping— The Silver —Don Giovanni. > the Battle Wagge . — Don Giovanni. 83. Waterloo, or the Bridge and the Battle Conatantine and Valeria— Don ...
‎1817
8
A Dictionary of the Gaelic Language: In Two Parts, I. Gaelic ...
_/I Моську, derision, jeering; a taunt; buñ'oonery, waggery. SGEIG, чин, sc», o. a. (Sgeig,) Mock, ridicule, deride ; taunt, scorn. SGEIGEACH,E|CH:, all). (Sgeig,) Mocking, deriding, ridiculing ; taunting, scorning. SGEIGEACH. асы, s. (Sgeig,) А  ...
Norman Macleod, Daniel Dewar, 1839
9
Remarks, Critical and Illustrative, on the Text and Notes of ...
And, flrro-w waggery, hem when he should groan. i. e. sorrow becoming Waggz ry; or, converting sorrow into waggery, hem, Eft. . Surely this is at leafi as good as- ballow wag, sin-row wage, sorrow gagge', son-owing, flrry wog, Scc. or even as ...
Joseph Ritson, 1783
10
Remarks, Critical and Illustrative, on the Text and Notes of ...
And, sorrow waggery, hem when he should groan, i. e. sorrow becoming Waggery; or, converting sorrow into waggery, hem, &c. Surely this is at least as good asr— hallow wag, sorrow wags, sorrow gagge, sorrowing, sorry wag, &c. or even as ...
Joseph Ritson, 1783

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WAGGERY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term waggery is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Cabot students celebrate "life changers"
When I was going through my waggery diets and surgery you were always the one cared to listen to me and make me dairy and soy free cupcakes,” Collins said. «KATV, May 15»
2
Review: 'Maps to the Stars'
That presumes the movie was going for the waggery of Altman's "The Player," which it isn't. On the other hand, there's something bizarrely funny as well as truly ... «Chicago Tribune, Mar 15»
3
Swansea City v Arsenal, Premier League: live
... whistle blows, which is the sort of thing that football writers live for as it will allow plenty of electricity-related waggery to describe this latest Arsenal downer. «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 14»
4
22 Jump Street: Just Like The Last One, Only Different
More is more and is, at times, just right in 22 Jump Street, an exploding piñata of gags, pratfalls, winking asides, throwaway one-liners and self-reflexive waggery ... «NDTV, Jul 14»
5
Wimbledon: The Wags and Habs of SW19
... to entertain by way of sunglasses, hairstyles, breaking outfits and assorted handbaggery, along with a crucial whiff of testosterone among the usual Waggery. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 14»
6
Sci-Fi and Fantasy: what's with our obsession with dystopias and …
My response was my typical carefully considered and profoundly pondered – waggery: I agree wholeheartedly that a number of dissertations could be written on ... «Scholars and Rogues, Jun 14»
7
"22 Jump Street" makes the grade with critics
... is more and is, at times, just right in '22 Jump Street,' an exploding pinata of gags, pratfalls, winking asides, throwaway one-liners and self-reflexive waggery.". «CBS News, Jun 14»
8
Your Friday Briefing
Manohla Dargis, our film critic, calls the movie an “exploding piñata of gags, pratfalls, winking asides, throwaway one-liners and self-reflexive waggery.” • Tennis ... «New York Times, Jun 14»
9
Wanted: Someone Who Knows Bowe Bergdahl and Isn't Currently …
Yesterday I characterized the criticism and chin-waggery about the freeing of Bowe Bergdahl as coming from "Republicans." To a large extent, it is—it's largely ... «Slate Magazine, Jun 14»
10
Donaldson family delivers great bluegrass
The program will feature music highlighting the instrumental sections of the band including Waggery For Winds, Timpat (a solo for tympani and band), and ... «Brantford Expositor, Apr 14»

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