Bantering

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Banter \Ban"ter\ (b[a^]n"t[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bantered}
     (b[a^]n"t[~e]rd); 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.]
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     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.
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              Hag-ridden by my own fancy all night, and then
              bantered on my haggard looks the next day. --W.
                                                    Irving.
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     2. To jest about; to ridicule in speaking of, as some trait,
        habit, characteristic, and the like. [Archaic]
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              If they banter your regularity, order, and love of
              study, banter in return their neglect of them.
                                                    --Chatham.
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     3. To delude or trick, -- esp. by way of jest. [Obs.]
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              We diverted ourselves with bantering several poor
              scholars with hopes of being at least his lordship's
              chaplain.                             --De Foe.
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     4. To challenge or defy to a match. [Colloq. Southern and
        Western U. S.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bantering
       adj : cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious
             remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice" [syn: {facetious}, {tongue-in-cheek}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "bantering":
     booing, catcalling, chaffing, derisive, derisory, fleering,
     flippant, fooling, grinning, hazing, hissing, hooting, jeering,
     jesting, joking, jollying, joshing, kidding, leering, mocking,
     panning, quizzical, ragging, railing, rallying, razzing, ribbing,
     ridiculing, roasting, scoffing, smart, smart-alecky, smart-ass,
     smirking, sneering, snickering, sniggering, snorting, taunting,
     teasing, twitting