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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Banter \Ban"ter\, n. The act of bantering; joking or jesting; humorous or good-humored raillery; pleasantry. Part banter, part affection. --Tennyson. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Banter \Ban"ter\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. {Bantered}(?); 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.] 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. Hag-ridden by my own fancy all night, and then bantered on my haggard looks the next day --W. Irving. 2. To jest about to ridicule in speaking of as some trait, habit, characteristic, and the like [Archaic] If they banter your regularity, order and love of study, banter in return their neglect of them --Chatham. 3. To delude or trick, -- esp. by way of jest. [Obs.] We diverted ourselves with bantering several poor scholars with hopes of being at least his lordship's chaplain. --De Foe. 4. To challenge or defy to a match. [Colloq. Southern and Western U.S.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: banter n : light teasing repartee [syn: {raillery}, {give-and-take}, {backchat}] v : be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" [syn: {kid}, {chaff}, {jolly}]
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