About The Word Banter
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Banter
Banter Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Banter?
[n] light teasing repartee
[v] be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" Synonyms | Synonyms for Banter: backchat | chaff | give-and-take | jolly | josh | kid | raillery Related Terms | Find terms related to Banter: backchat | badinage | beard | blandish | blarney | booing | brave | buffoonery | cajole | catcalling | chaff | chaffing | challenge | chitchat | clownishness | con | dare | defy | deride | derision | exchange | face | fleering | flippancy | fool | foolery | fooling | front | fun | give-and-take | gossip | gossipry | grinning | guy | harlequinade | haze | hissing | hooting | horseplay | jape | jeering | jest | jesting | jive | joke | joking | jolly | josh | joshing | kid | kidding | leering | levity | make fun of | make merry with | mock | mockery | monkeyshines | needle | outface | panning | persiflage | pleasantry | poke fun at | put on | quiz | rag | ragging | raillery | rally | rallying | razz | razzing | repartee | rib | ribbing | ride | ridicule | roast | roasting | satirize | scoffing | shenanigans | small talk | smart-aleckiness | smartness | smirking | sneering | snickering | sniggering | snorting | soft-soap | sweet-talk | taunt | taunting | tease | teasing | tomfoolery | twit | twitting | venture | wheedle See Also | badinage | bait | cod | persiflage | rag | rally | razz | repartee | ride | tantalise | tantalize | taunt | tease | twit Banter In Webster's Dictionary \Ban"ter\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. {Bantered}(?); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Bantering}.] [Prob. corrupted fr. F. badiner to joke,
or perh. fr. E. bandy to beat to and fro. See {Badinage}, and
cf. {Barter} fr. OF. barater.]
1. 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.
Hag-ridden by my own fancy all night, and then
bantered on my haggard looks the next day. --W.
Irving.
2. To jest about; to ridicule in speaking of, as some trait,
habit, characteristic, and the like. [Archaic]
If they banter your regularity, order, and love of
study, banter in return their neglect of them.
--Chatham.
3. To delude or trick, -- esp. by way of jest. [Obs.]
We diverted ourselves with bantering several poor
scholars with hopes of being at least his lordship's
chaplain. --De Foe.
4. To challenge or defy to a match. [Colloq. Southern and
Western U.S.]
\Ban"ter\, n. The act of bantering; joking or jesting; humorous or good-humored raillery; pleasantry. Part banter, part affection. --Tennyson. |
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