as in hijinks
wildly playful or mischievous behavior
their madcap buffoonery turned the duo into the nation's hottest comedy act
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Recent Examples of buffoonery
What’s so special about Britain’s patron wanker of bighearted buffoonery?
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Fans are fixated on his greatness juxtaposed against the rest of the Bengals’ buffoonery.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Either way the brilliance or buffoonery of that idea will shine through.
—Alex Montoya, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2025
Famously, Tommy Lee Jones could not sanction Jim Carrey’s buffoonery on Batman Forever.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Fans are fixated on his greatness juxtaposed against the rest of the Bengals’ buffoonery.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Either way the brilliance or buffoonery of that idea will shine through.
—Alex Montoya, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2025
Famously, Tommy Lee Jones could not sanction Jim Carrey’s buffoonery on Batman Forever.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for buffoonery
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For all his tomfoolery before and after PKs, Loons director of goalkeeping Tom Fawdry was impressed with St. Clair’s poise in the big moment.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
28 Mar. 2025
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Venerable baby boomer Kevin Bacon plays the titular bounty hunter Hub Halloran, a proud Georgia man with little tolerance for tomfoolery and a hatred of the Red Sox.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA TODAY,
17 Mar. 2025
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Tirhakah Love is a senior writer at New York Magazine and the host of the new evening newsletter Dinner Party, a daily email that touches on all things entertainment — that means film, television, music, tech, and gaming — plus politics and corporate clownery.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2022
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The Winx Club live action is a big clownery!—
Olivia Truffaut-Wong,
refinery29.com,
25 Jan. 2021
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The action anime feature for everyone who couldn’t get enough of the horseplay in The Two Towers has finally cantered onto Max.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
1 Mar. 2025
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Key speeches are faithfully delivered to an audience of two, not thousands; a scene of soldiers destructively revelling on a bridge is given a different spirit by ironic, out-of-time horseplay.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
8 Feb. 2025
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Eric Andre, Tyler the Creator and Machine Gun Kelly all drop by to participate in the Jack-foolery.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
2 Feb. 2022
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The whole of humanity doesn’t fit tidily into three acts, even assuming as much frame-breaking foolery as Wilder allows.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2022
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The main romance is dull, but there’s plenty of fun slapstick and creative set-pieces in John Hughes’ script to make up for it.—
Barry Levitt,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
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Then there was the slapstick comedy of bellhop Esteban and janitor/inventor Arwin.—
Skyler Trepel,
EW.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Buffoonery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buffoonery. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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