waggery

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“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” has all the digital bells and whistles as well as much of the likable, self-aware waggery of the first.

From New York Times • May 4, 2017

The New York Times' Manohla Dargis writes that "More 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."

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2014

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.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2014

You won't like it if … Your ideal of musical comedy is prim, Kit and the Widow-style waggery.

From The Guardian • Aug. 18, 2011

However, it is a thoroughly exciting play, full of murder and mirth, wrong-doing and waggery, startling incidents, and side-splitting comicalities.

From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, September 3, 1887 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir