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Definition of Banter
1. Verb. Be silly or tease one another. "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"
Generic synonyms: Bait, Cod, Rag, Rally, Razz, Ride, Tantalise, Tantalize, Taunt, Tease, Twit
Derivative terms: Jolly
2. Noun. Light teasing repartee.
Generic synonyms: Repartee
Specialized synonyms: Badinage, Persiflage
Definition of Banter
1. v. t. 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.
2. n. The act of bantering; joking or jesting; humorous or good-humored raillery; pleasantry.
Definition of Banter
1. Noun. Good humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To engage in banter or playful conversation. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To play or do something amusing. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To tease mildly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Banter
1. to exchange mildly teasing remarks [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Banter
Literary usage of Banter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"spec, braggart, jackanapes, upstart. banter, r. ... Cross references: set Note.
banter: ... banter ..."
2. Synonyms Discriminated: A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous Words in the by Charles John Smith (1871)
"We banter (probably derived from the French badiner) when we play upon another
... So banter has always a somewhat mischievous foree ; but rally often means ..."
3. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including A Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, John Wilson Croker (1831)
"... Dr. Grainger, or some of his friends, it should seem, having become sensible
that introducing even rats, in a grave poem, might be liable to banter. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"... to tease, to perplex, to banter; from the Gaelic lea- gamb, doubt, perplexity.
Two irreverent young fellows determined to ..."
5. Daniel Defoe: His Life and Recently Discovered Writings: Extending from 1716 by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"banter on Whiggish South-Sea Directors. AJ, Dec. 31.—I put an Enquiry upon you
in my last Letter concerning the South-Sea Directors, and the Ringleaders of ..."
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