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ban·ter

(băn′tər)

Good-humored, playful, or teasing conversation.

v. ban·tered, ban·ter·ing, ban·ters

v.intr.

To engage in banter: bantered with her colleagues during a coffee break.

v.tr.

To speak to in a playful or teasing way: "She laughed and bantered him a little, remembering too late that she should have been dignified and reserved" (Kate Chopin).

[Origin unknown.]

ban′ter·er n.

ban′ter·ing·ly adv.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

banter

(ˈbæntə)

to speak to or tease lightly or jokingly

light, teasing, or joking language or repartee

[C17: of unknown origin]

ˈbanterer n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ban•ter

(ˈbæn tər)
n.

1. an exchange of light, playful remarks; good-natured raillery.

v.t.

2. to address with banter; chaff.

v.i.

3. to use banter.

[1660–70; orig. uncertain]

ban′ter•er, n.

banter

Past participle: bantered
Gerund: bantering

Imperative
banter
banter

Present
I banter
you banter
he/she/it banters
we banter
you banter
they banter

Preterite
I bantered
you bantered
he/she/it bantered
we bantered
you bantered
they bantered

Present Continuous
I am bantering
you are bantering
he/she/it is bantering
we are bantering
you are bantering
they are bantering

Present Perfect
I have bantered
you have bantered
he/she/it has bantered
we have bantered
you have bantered
they have bantered

Past Continuous
I was bantering
you were bantering
he/she/it was bantering
we were bantering
you were bantering
they were bantering

Past Perfect
I had bantered
you had bantered
he/she/it had bantered
we had bantered
you had bantered
they had bantered

Future
I will banter
you will banter
he/she/it will banter
we will banter
you will banter
they will banter

Future Perfect
I will have bantered
you will have bantered
he/she/it will have bantered
we will have bantered
you will have bantered
they will have bantered

Future Continuous
I will be bantering
you will be bantering
he/she/it will be bantering
we will be bantering
you will be bantering
they will be bantering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been bantering
you have been bantering
he/she/it has been bantering
we have been bantering
you have been bantering
they have been bantering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bantering
you will have been bantering
he/she/it will have been bantering
we will have been bantering
you will have been bantering
they will have been bantering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been bantering
you had been bantering
he/she/it had been bantering
we had been bantering
you had been bantering
they had been bantering

Conditional
I would banter
you would banter
he/she/it would banter
we would banter
you would banter
they would banter

Past Conditional
I would have bantered
you would have bantered
he/she/it would have bantered
we would have bantered
you would have bantered
they would have bantered

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Noun	1.	banter - light teasing repartee backchat, raillery, give-and-take repartee - adroitness and cleverness in reply badinage - frivolous banter persiflage - light teasing
Verb	1.	banter - be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" chaff, jolly, josh, kid bait, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, razz, twit, tease, cod, rag, rally, ride - harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"

banter

noun

1. joking, kidding (informal), ribbing (informal), teasing, jeering, quipping, mockery, derision, jesting, chaff, pleasantry, repartee, wordplay, joshing, badinage, chaffing, raillery, persiflage She heard them exchanging good-natured banter.

verb

1. joke, kid (informal), rib (informal), tease, taunt, jeer, quip, josh (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), jest, take the mickey (informal), chaff They shared a cocktail and bantered easily.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

banter

noun

Good-natured teasing:

badinage, chaff, raillery, taunt.

Informal: ribbing.

verb

To tease or mock good-humoredly:

chaff, joke, josh.

Informal: kid, rib, ride.

Slang: jive, rag, razz.

Translations

مزْح، مُزاح، دُعابَه

škádlenížertování

skæmtspøg

Scherz

πείραγμα

badiner taquinerie

ugratás

stríîni

canzonatura punzecchiare

geraširdiškas juokavimas

ķircināšana

fleip småerting

žartovanie

şakatakılma

善意的取笑逗乐

banter

[ˈbæntəʳ]

A. N → bromas fpl, guasa f

B. VI → bromear

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

banter

[ˈbæntə^r] n (= chat) → badinage m

banter

n → Geplänkel nt; enough of this foolish banter → lassen wir das alberne Gerede!

vt (old) → verulken, necken

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

banter

[ˈbæntəʳ] n → scherzi mpl bonari

banter

(ˈbӕntə) noun

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

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Why, at the utmost, perhaps L200." "Do you mean to banter me, young gentleman?" said the father, a little angry.

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"About George?" she said in a tone so discomfited that Maria and Miss Wirt laughed at the other side of the door, and even that abandoned wretch of a Dobbin felt inclined to smile himself; for he was not altogether unconscious of the state of affairs: George having often bantered him gracefully and said, "Hang it, Will, why don't you take old Jane?

The sisters had never thought of the money question up to that moment, but Fred Bullock bantered them with graceful gaiety about it during their forenoon's excursion; and they had risen not a little in their own esteem by the time when, the morning amusement over, they drove back to dinner.

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Strickland was in a good humour, and when Dirk Stroeve came up and sat down with us he attacked him with ferocious banter. He showed a skill I should never have credited him with in finding the places where the unhappy Dutchman was most sensitive.

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He remembered the bitterness of his life at school, the humiliation which he had endured, the banter which had made him morbidly afraid of making himself ridiculous; and he remembered the loneliness he had felt since, faced with the world, the disillusion and the disappointment caused by the difference between what it promised to his active imagination and what it gave.

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"Don't banter me," she said, wounded at what appeared to be his flippancy.

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He recovered his spirits and began again upon a vein of foolish banter, for the amusement of the Sheriff and his guests, all being now merry with wine.

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He was an inexperienced hunter and a poor shot, for which he was much bantered by his more adroit comrades.