gaggery

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noun

The use of gags or jokes.

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Meanings

noungaggery (uncountable)
  1. informaluncountableThe use of gags or jokes.

    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
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    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

Origin

From gag + -ery.

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APA

gaggery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gaggery

MLA

“gaggery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gaggery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gaggery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gaggery.

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