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waggish

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wag·gish  (wgsh)
adj.
Characteristic of or resembling a wag; jocular or witty.

waggish·ly adv.
waggish·ness n.
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Adj.1.waggish - witty or joking; "Muskrat Castle as the house has been facetiously named by some waggish officer"- James Fenimore Cooper
humorous, humourous - full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein"
Translations
waggish (o.f.) [ˈwægɪʃ] ADJbromista, zumbón
waggish
adjschalkhaft, schelmisch; he has a waggish sense of humourihm sitzt der Schalk im Nacken


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And now you shall listen to the Winsome Waggish Warblers, who have often cheered me in my moments of anguish.
This ignorant, unconscious fearlessness of his made him a little waggish in the matter of whales; he followed these fish for the fun of it; and a three years' voyage round Cape Horn was only a jolly joke that lasted that length of time.
replied a waggish soldier in a torn coat, with a wink, and passed on followed by another, an old man.
 
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