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 Definitions of banter  [ˈbæn tər]  

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Definition of 'banter' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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.)

Definition of 'banter' Princeton's WordNet 

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"


Definition of 'banter' Webster Dictionary 

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


Translation of 'banter' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: friendly teasing
The sick boy was cheered up by the noisy banter of his friends.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: gekskeerdery, skerts Arabic flag Arabic: مزْح، مُزاح، دُعابَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: закачам се
Brazilian flag Brazilian: brincadeira Czech flag Czech: škádlení, žertování German flag German: der Scherz
Danish flag Danish: skæmt; spøg Greek flag Greek: πείραγμα Spanish flag Spanish: broma
Estonian flag Estonian: tögamine Farsi flag Farsi: شوخی دوستانه Finnish flag Finnish: kiusoittelu
French flag French: taquinerie(s) Hebrew flag Hebrew: הֲלָצוֹת Hindi flag Hindi: हास्य, उपहास
Croatian flag Croatian: bockanje, zadirkivanje Hungarian flag Hungarian: ugratás Indonesian flag Indonesian: canda, olok-olok
Icelandic flag Icelandic: stríðni Italian flag Italian: punzecchiatura Japanese flag Japanese: からかい
Korean flag Korean: 희롱 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: geraširdiškas (pa)juokavi Latvian flag Latvian: ķircināšana
Malay flag Malay: gurau senda Dutch flag Dutch: scherts Norwegian flag Norwegian: fleip, småerting
Polish flag Polish: przekomarzanie Persian flag Persian: شوخی دوستانه Pashto flag Pashto: دوستانه ټوكې، ملنډې، مسخر
Portuguese flag Portuguese: brincadeira Romanian flag Romanian: tachinare Russian flag Russian: добродушное подшучивание
Slovak flag Slovak: žartovanie, zábava Slovenian flag Slovenian: draženje Serbian flag Serbian: zadirkivanje
Swedish flag Swedish: skämt[ande] Thai flag Thai: การล้อเล่น Turkish flag Turkish: şaka, takılma
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 善意的玩笑 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: (добродушний) жарт Urdu flag Urdu: ہنسی، دل لگی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự trêu đùa Chinese flag Chinese: 善意的取笑,逗乐

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