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Sharp, good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.
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verb
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To engage in banter or playful conversation.
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To play or do something amusing.
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To tease (someone) mildly.
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To joke about; to ridicule (a trait, habit, etc.).
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To delude or trick; to play a prank upon.
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(Southern and Western) To challenge to a match.
Examples of banter in a Sentence
What a world is this and how does fortune banter us!"
The light banter was no longer there.
Gave you a twist? the Cossacks would banter him.
I might enjoy that kind of banter with a real person I will never meet, talking to me from a distant state.
Several women bathed in stalls, the easy banter between them marking their camaraderie.
This light banter was one of the things she had missed most about him - that and his confidence.
I like a bit of banter, think i have a good sense of humor.
Why the boys should drive away, Little maidens from their play, Or love to banter and fight so well, That's the thing I never could tell.
She relaxed and enjoyed the continuation of light banter.
Enjoy a bit of friendly banter but do not get abusive.
I miss the banter from the competitions you used to run.
It was all good natured banter, no malice.
I even threw in a bit of audience banter.
After some banter with Mr McNulty the final three had to flex their muscles by doing more press-ups.
However they still managed to raise a smile through their onstage banter.
He's much better at comedy, and the humorous banter between him and his costars has a nice zing to it.
Blending incisive observation with light-hearted banter, a welcome rapport was developed with the audience.
You too can enjoy the office banter with everyone else.
There was much good-natured teasing and banter, and a lot of laughter, although some serious discussion from time to time.
People are there for football scores and friendly banter, not to compliment you on your gorgeous helmet-shaped gelatin mold.
His banter is nearly always ungainly, his wit blunt, as Johnson said, and often unseasonable.
The hall became alive with chatter and laughter, as the dibber turner's efforts were met with good-natured banter.
The weekly connectivity and banter will provide a great way to bond and provide another layer of entertainment during the season.
Remember too that flirting is part of the casual banter between men and women in France, and flirting back is not necessarily an automatic admission of liking someone.
The recording is from an early 80s show, so it's not the most up-to-the-minute Rocky Horror Picture Show experience, but it can still give you a good idea of the kind of audience banter to expect.
The Sentinel is a fantasy series with the look and feel of a cop show, from the car chases and explosions to the office politics and bullpen banter.
They could be either brute beast or sentient being, and dragons are often depicted in legend as engaging in tricky banter.
Amid the friendly banter it is easy to forget that your posts can be viewed by others.
Included was much good-humoured banter between the teams and with the presenters and really initiated the buzz seen at proceeding CUHCS events.
In spite of their jovial banter they are aware that each food has a season in spite of its continual availability within our shops.
They exchanged humorous banter with neither party revealing their true objective.
I am honestly amazed that more artists don't use between song banter to talk about who they want to " fook " .
No time is wasted with between song banter yet this only adds to the dark guitar fuzz and throbbing bass.
The information, though, is solid, in spite of the banter.
Dialogue is wooden (and it wasn't even Lucas' fault!) and dead-panned, and the comedy portion of Kenobi and Skywalker's light banter tried too hard.
Sagittarius loves to debate, and Gemini can banter with the best of them if she's in the mood.
The pair share a history in Stars Hollow and whenever there is a falling out between Luke and Lorelai, Lorelai finds herself bereft because she can't go to the diner for a cup of coffee and banter with Luke.
Flirting phrases in French language tend to be compliments, terms of endearment, and casual banter between two people.
Flirting is light-hearted and full of banter, exchanging compliments and making funny jokes about a situation.
The famous Hirsch trial, and Voltaire's vanity and caprice, greatly lowered him in the esteem of the king, who, on his side, irritated his guest by often requiring him to correct bad verses, and by making him the object of rude banter.
I cracked open a few bottles of wine and some beers, and we all settled back to enjoy Terry Wogan's witty banter.
Amid much light hearted banter we trotted down to the get in for an inspection.
It's full of friendly and sometimes biting banter between the four of them but shows their camaraderie and respect for each other.
There always appears to be great banter with the regulars and staff which you can often become emersed in.
What was for decades an unspeakable truth, has become the small change of Internet newsgroup banter.
Difficult runs back into resort but that only adds to the apres ski banter.
This can range from verbal banter, including insults, jokes and comments with sexual or racist undertones, to unwelcome physical abuse.
William, who was drinking vodka with a mixer, indulged in banter with his mates.
That said tho she went down well with most the crowd and her somewhat whimsical banter between songs was funny and enjoyable.
Our mission is for UKTV G2 to become much talked-about, a channel with sharp attitude and home of quick-witted banter.