buffoonery

buf·foon·ery

noun \-ˈfü-nə-rē, -ˈfün-rē\

plural buf·foon·er·ies

Definition of BUFFOONERY

: foolish or playful behavior or practice

Examples of BUFFOONERY

1. <their madcap buffoonery turned the duo into the nation's hottest comedy act>

First Known Use of BUFFOONERY

1621

Related to BUFFOONERY

Synonyms: horseplay, clownery, clowning, foolery, high jinks (also hijinks), horsing around, monkey business, monkeying, monkeyshine(s), roughhouse, roughhousing, shenanigan(s), skylarking, slapstick, tomfoolery

Related Words: childishness, clownishness, foolishness, funning, jesting, joking, nonsense, silliness, waggery; boisterousness, rambunctiousness, rowdiness, rowdyism, rumbustiousness [chiefly British]; devilry (or deviltry), impishness, knavery, mischief, mischievousness, prankishness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, trickery; cavorting, frivolity, frolicking, gamboling (or gambolling), merrymaking, playfulness, revelry, roistering, romping, sporting, sportiveness

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Rhymes with BUFFOONERY

lampoonery, poltroonery