bantering

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noun

teasing

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Meanings

nounbantering (plural banterings)

plural banterings

  1. teasing

    Her smiles were distributed among the tourists, and she learned to give keen answers to their good-humored banterings.

    1889, Harry Stillwell Edwards, Two Runaways and Other Stories
  2. joking; jesting
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of banter
adjectivebantering (comparative more bantering, superlative most bantering)

comparative more bantering · superlative most bantering

  1. That teases

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecleverly amusing in tone

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facetioustongue-in-cheekhumoroushumourous
Also see
facetioushumorousjoshingtongue-in-cheek

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

bantering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bantering

MLA

“bantering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bantering. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bantering,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bantering.

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