Banter

['bæntə] or ['bæntɚ]

Definition

(noun.) light teasing repartee.

Typed by Clarissa--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To address playful good-natured ridicule to, -- the person addressed, or something pertaining to him, being the subject of the jesting; to rally; as, he bantered me about my credulity.

(v. t.) To jest about; to ridicule in speaking of, as some trait, habit, characteristic, and the like.

(v. t.) To delude or trick, -- esp. by way of jest.

(v. t.) To challenge or defy to a match.

(n.) The act of bantering; joking or jesting; humorous or good-humored raillery; pleasantry.

Typist: Wolfgang

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Jeer, joke, rally, quiz, ridicule, taunt, twit, deride, mock, make fun of, make sport of, make merry with, play upon, make a butt of.

n. Raillery, ridicule, mockery, derision, persiflage, pleasantry, BADINAGE, ASTEISM, joking, jesting, quizzing, frivolous talk, small talk.

Typist: Nelda

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Badinage, chaff, mockery, derision, ridicule, irony, jeering, raillery

ANT:Discussion, discourse, argument

Edited by Adela

Definition

v.t. to assail with good-humoured raillery: to joke or jest at: (arch.) to impose upon trick.—n. humorous raillery: jesting.—ns. Bant′erer; Bant′ering.—adv. Bant′eringly.—adj. Bant′ery (Carlyle).

Typed by Judy

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