banter

[Ban·ter]

Good friends usually banter back and forth easily, like they're trying to keep a step ahead of each other in witty responses. This type of banter is their special language of friendship.

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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.

Noun
light teasing repartee

Verb
be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"

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.

Banter

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.

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.

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.

4. To challenge or defy to a match. [Colloq. Southern and Western U.S.]

Banter

Ban"ter, n. The act of bantering; joking or jesting; humorous or good-humored raillery; pleasantry.

Part banter, part affection.

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.

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

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Usage Examples

My inspiration was my mom. She's a great cook, and she still cooks, and we still banter back and forth about cooking. Growing up in a mostly Portuguese community, food was important and the family table was extremely important. At a very young age I understood that.

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Other Usage Examples

'Friends' was an education in intelligent comedic banter in intelligent vernacular. It was an education in scene study. It was an education in group dynamic. I came out of there with a master's degree in comedy.

One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about the relationships between the main characters and their reactions to the situations they would face there was a lot of comedy in that show without ever breaking its reality.