badinage

The definition of badinage is fun, light-hearted teasing.

(noun)

An example of badinage is poking fun at a friend about an unflattering shirt.

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See badinage in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

playful, teasing talk; banter

Origin: Fr < badiner, to jest, make merry < badin, fool < Prov badar, to gape < VL *batare, to gape, trifle

See badinage in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Light, playful banter.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from badin, joker

Origin: , from Provençal badar, to gape

Origin: , from Latin *batāre

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