Meaning of BANTER
Pronunciation: | | 'bantur
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] light teasing repartee
- [v] be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"
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BANTER is a 6 letter word that starts with B. |
| Synonyms: | | backchat, chaff, give-and-take, jolly, josh, kid, raillery |
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| See Also: | | badinage, bait, cod, persiflage, rag, rally, razz, repartee, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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| Related Terms: | | 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 |
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