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/ ˈbæn tər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
verb (used with object) to address with banter; chaff.
verb (used without object) Origin of banter First recorded in 1660–70; origin uncertain
SYNONYMS FOR banter 1 badinage, joking, jesting, pleasantry, persiflage.
2 tease, twit; ridicule, deride, mock.
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OTHER WORDS FROM banter ban·ter·er, noun ban·ter·ing·ly, adverb outbanter, verb (used with object) un·ban·ter·ing, adjective
un·ban·ter·ing·ly, adverb
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Miki Indyk, an Australian-Israeli living in Tel Aviv, was happy to hear the two banter .
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There was plenty of time to banter before getting down to business.
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During his banter on the show, he said he "would have gotten married in Costco if it had been a option."
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"I'm still crying," she quipped in the "off-the-cuff" (totally scripted) banter in the segment that followed.
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Laughter and banter and song came from the cabins that lined the big ravine and the little ravines opening into it.
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In the midst of the running tide of joke and banter Violet sat as one apart.
But answering her banter he once caught an expression behind her airiness.
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But her companion was less facile in his mental changes, and did not respond to this quick transition from banter to sentiment.
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It can easily be imagined what description of banter he had to meet and foil.
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British Dictionary definitions for banter verb to speak to or tease lightly or jokingly
noun light, teasing, or joking language or repartee
Derived forms of banter banterer , noun Word Origin for banter C17: of unknown origin
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