Associations to the word «Banter»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
BANTER, noun. Good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.
BANTER, verb. (intransitive) To engage in banter or playful conversation.
BANTER, verb. (intransitive) To play or do something amusing.
BANTER, verb. (transitive) To tease (someone) mildly.
BANTER, verb. (transitive) To joke about; to ridicule (a trait, habit, etc.).
BANTER, verb. (transitive) To delude or trick; to play a prank upon.
BANTER, verb. (transitive) (US) (Southern and Western) (colloquial) To challenge to a match.
Dictionary definition
BANTER, noun. Light teasing repartee.
BANTER, verb. Be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around".
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.