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1. (n.) banter
an exchange of light, playful remarks; good-natured raillery.
2. (v.t.) banter
to address with banter; chaff.
3. (v.i.) banter
to use banter.
Etymology: (1660–70; orig. uncert.)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) banter, raillery, give-and-take, backchat
light teasing repartee
2. (verb) kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter
be silly or tease one another
"After we relaxed, we just kidded around"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) banter
the act of bantering; joking or jesting; humorous or good-humored raillery; pleasantry
2. (verb) banter
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
3. (verb) banter
to jest about; to ridicule in speaking of, as some trait, habit, characteristic, and the like
4. (verb) banter
to delude or trick, -- esp. by way of jest
5. (verb) banter
to challenge or defy to a match
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Sense: friendly teasing
The sick boy was cheered up by the noisy banter of his friends.
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 Afrikaans: gekskeerdery, skerts |
 Arabic: مزْح، مُزاح، دُعابَه |
 Bulgarian: закачам се |
 Brazilian: brincadeira |
 Czech: škádlení, žertování |
 German: der Scherz |
 Danish: skæmt; spøg |
 Greek: πείραγμα |
 Spanish: broma |
 Estonian: tögamine |
 Farsi: شوخی دوستانه |
 Finnish: kiusoittelu |
 French: taquinerie(s) |
 Hebrew: הֲלָצוֹת |
 Hindi: हास्य, उपहास |
 Croatian: bockanje, zadirkivanje |
 Hungarian: ugratás |
 Indonesian: canda, olok-olok |
 Icelandic: stríðni |
 Italian: punzecchiatura |
 Japanese: からかい |
 Korean: 희롱 |
 Lithuanian: geraširdiškas (pa)juokavi |
 Latvian: ķircināšana |
 Malay: gurau senda |
 Dutch: scherts |
 Norwegian: fleip, småerting |
 Polish: przekomarzanie |
 Persian: شوخی دوستانه |
 Pashto: دوستانه ټوكې، ملنډې، مسخر |
 Portuguese: brincadeira |
 Romanian: tachinare |
 Russian: добродушное подшучивание |
 Slovak: žartovanie, zábava |
 Slovenian: draženje |
 Serbian: zadirkivanje |
 Swedish: skämt[ande] |
 Thai: การล้อเล่น |
 Turkish: şaka, takılma |
 Taiwanese: 善意的玩笑 |
 Ukrainian: (добродушний) жарт |
 Urdu: ہنسی، دل لگی |
 Vietnamese: sự trêu đùa |
 Chinese: 善意的取笑，逗乐 |
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