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Meaning of 'banter' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Banter [ n.]
- The act of bantering; joking or jesting; humorous or good-humored raillery; pleasantry.
2 . Banter [ 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.
- To jest about; to ridicule in speaking of, as some trait, habit, characteristic, and the like.
- To delude or trick, -- esp. by way of jest.
- To challenge or defy to a match.

Meaning of 'banter' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . banter [ v]
Meaning (1):
- be silly or tease one another
Example in sentence:
  • After we relaxed, we just kidded around

Nearby Words:

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