Banter

Banter - Other Definitions

• (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.
  
  
• (v. t.) To jest about; to ridicule in speaking of, as some trait, habit, characteristic, and the like.
  
  
• (v. t.) To delude or trick, -- esp. by way of jest.
  
  
• (v. t.) To challenge or defy to a match.
  
  
• (n.) The act of bantering; joking or jesting; humorous or good-humored raillery; pleasantry.
  
  
• (imp. & p. p.) of Banter