banter
banter
Definition
ban·ter (ban′tər)
transitive verb
to tease or make fun of in a playful, good-natured way
Etymology: 17th-c. slang < ?
intransitive verb
to exchange banter (with someone)
noun
good-natured teasing, ridicule, or joking
ban′·terer noun
ban′·ter·ingly adverb
banter
Synonyms
banter
Synonyms
banter
Usage Examples
Preposition: with
- crowd: A band noted for their quirky sense of humor, the genial trio banter with the crowd between numbers.
- audience: Inventive material and banter with the audience blended together effortlessly and seamlessly.
- fan: The atmosphere is excellent, although I do miss banter with opposition fans.
Adjective modifier
- good-natured: The hall became alive with chatter and laughter, as the dibber turner's efforts were met with good-natured banter.
- good-humoured: Included was much good-humoured banter between the teams and with the presenters and really initiated the buzz seen at proceeding CUHCS events.
- light-hearted: Blending incisive observation with light-hearted banter, a welcome rapport was developed with the audience.
- jovial: In spite of their jovial banter they are aware that each food has a season in spite of its continual availability within our shops.
- witty: I cracked open a few bottles of wine and some beers, and we all settled back to enjoy Terry Wogan's witty banter.
- natured: It was all good natured banter, no malice.
Converse of object
- swap: FFS it just a place to swap banter, get some help and maybe forge some friendships.
- enjoy: You too can enjoy the office banter with everyone else.
- exchange: They exchanged humorous banter with neither party revealing their true objective.
- miss: I miss the banter from the competitions you used to run.
- heart: Amid much light hearted banter we trotted down to the get in for an inspection.
Preposition: between
- song: Is it any coincidence that most people seem more interested in the banter between songs than the songs themselves?
Noun used with modifier
- between-song: Some of Josh Todd's between-song stage banter was a tad cheesy ( eg.
- onstage: However they still managed to raise a smile through their onstage banter.
- audience: I even threw in a bit of audience banter.
- song: I am honestly amazed that more artists don't use between song banter to talk about who they want to " fook " .
- office: You too can enjoy the office banter with everyone else.
