The meaning of Waggish

adjective

Causing laughter and providing entertainment.

Usage examples:

Such a likeable, amusing man!

verb

Cause (someone) to find something funny.

Usage examples:

He made faces to amuse her

adjective

Entertaining and funny

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An amusing story/person/situation

adjective

Causing mild amusement; humorous.

Usage examples:

The script is chucklesome rather than hilarious

adjective

Causing or meant to cause laughter.

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A comic monologue

noun

A comedian.

Usage examples:

He is training as a stand-up comic

adjective

Making you want to laugh; amusing

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A comic actor/performance/writer

adjective

Amusing, especially in a ludicrous or absurd way.

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A series of comical misunderstandings

adjective

Making you want to laugh; amusing

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Tell me the truth – do i look comical (= strange or foolish) in this hat?

adjective

Curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement.

Usage examples:

His unique brand of droll self-mockery

noun

A jester or entertainer; a buffoon.

Usage examples:

When english replaced cornish as the language of cornwall, the drolls' stories began to die out as …

adjective

Amusing in an unusual way

Usage examples:

I always loved his droll sense of humor.

adjective

Providing amusement or enjoyment.

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A charming and entertaining companion

verb

Provide (someone) with amusement or enjoyment.

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A tremendous game that thoroughly entertained the crowd

adjective

Amusing and enjoyable

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An entertaining movie

adjective

Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant.

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A facetious remark

adjective

Not seriously meaning what you say, usually in an attempt to be humorous or to trick someone

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I make so much money that we never have to worry – i’m being facetious., "we could spend all our in…

adjective

Causing laughter or amusement; humorous.

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A funny story

noun

Comic strips in newspapers.

Usage examples:

I read the sports page, funnies, and editorial

An account of an amusing incident

adjective

Inclined to do slightly naughty things for fun; mischievous.

Usage examples:

He had an impish look about him

adjective

Suggesting behavior that is playful but likely to upset other people

Usage examples:

He had an impish grin on his face.

adjective

Said or done for amusement; joking.

Usage examples:

A jesting commentary on world affairs

noun

The action of saying or doing something for amusement.

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Laughing and jesting were out of the question

verb

Speak in a joking way.

Usage examples:

You jest, surely?

adjective

Fond of or characterized by joking; humorous or playful.

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She sounded in a jocular mood

adjective

Amusing, showing amusement, or intended to cause amusement

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A jocular mood

adjective

Not serious; teasing or humorous.

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A brief exchange of jokey comments

adjective

Funny

adjective

Humorous or flippant.

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A joking manner

verb

Make jokes; talk humorously or flippantly.

Usage examples:

She could laugh and joke with her colleagues

verb

Present participle of joke

Usage examples:

They joked and laughed as they looked at the photos., it's more serious than you think, so please d…

adjective

Happy and cheerful.

Usage examples:

He was a jolly man full of jokes

verb

Encourage (someone) in a friendly way.

Usage examples:

He jollied people along

adverb

Very; extremely.

Usage examples:

He is jolly busy

abbreviation

(giving position or direction) left.

Usage examples:

L to r: gordon, anthony, and mark

noun

The twelfth letter of the alphabet.

noun

A metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of water under standard conditions, now equal to 1,000 cubic centimetres (about 1.75 pints).

Usage examples:

A litre bottle of wine

adjective

Cheerful and lively.

Usage examples:

The streets were dense with merry throngs of students

adjective

Happy or showing enjoyment

adjective

Causing or showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way.

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Mischievous children

adjective

Fond of games and amusement; light-hearted.

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A playful tomboy who loves to dress up

adjective

Done as a form of play rather than intended seriously, or wanting to have a good time and not feeling serious

Usage examples:

She gave him a playful push., my mother was in a playful mood that day.

adjective

Playful, especially in a mischievous way.

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A puckish sense of humour

adjective

Liking to make jokes about other people and play silly tricks on them

Usage examples:

A puckish sense of humour, a puckish grin

adjective

Characteristic of a dishonest or unprincipled person.

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He led a roguish and uncertain existence

adjective

Behaving in a way that is slightly bad or wrong, but that is not too serious

Usage examples:

His eyes were bright blue with a roguish twinkle in them., in all these novels, there's a roguish d…

adjective

Ironic, flippant, or insincere.

Usage examples:

Her delightful tongue-in-cheek humour

adverb

In an ironic, flippant, or insincere way.

Usage examples:

He claimed then he was speaking tongue-in-cheek

noun

Intended to be understood as a joke, although often seeming serious

Usage examples:

He made some tongue-in-cheek comment about being very busy cleaning his house.

adjective

Showing or characterized by quick and inventive verbal humour.

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A witty remark

adjective

Using words in an amusing and intelligent way; full of wit

Usage examples:

A witty remark, i think she’s one of the wittiest comics on television.