bantering

Pluralbanterings

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of banter. Use it after 'is', 'are' or 'was', or to name the action itself.

   The two radio hosts were bantering about last night's game.

   She kept bantering with the waiter while he took our order.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Saying things that tease or make fun of someone.

   Dad used a bantering voice when he asked about my new haircut.

   Her bantering notes to her brother were full of old family jokes.

   Similarteasing, playful, jocular

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3. 3
   nouncountable or uncountable

   Teasing words and jokes, or the act of saying them.

   The team's bantering on the bus made the long trip fun.

   We could hear their bantering all the way from the kitchen.

   Similarteasing, joking, ribbing

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