Definition of Banter

Ban´ter   Pronunciation: băn´tẽr
v. t.1.
[imp. & p. p. Bantered (băn"tẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Bantering.]
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.
2.To jest about; to ridicule in speaking of, as some trait, habit, characteristic, and the like.
3.To delude or trick, - esp. by way of jest.
4.To challenge or defy to a match.
n.1.The act of bantering; joking or jesting; humorous or good-humored raillery; pleasantry.
Part banter, part affection.
- Tennyson.


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