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Bantering
(gcide) | Banter \Ban"ter\ (b[a^]n"t[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bantered
(b[a^]n"t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Bantering.] [Prob.
corrupted fr. F. badiner to joke, or perh. fr. E. bandy to
beat to and fro. See Badinage, and cf. Barter fr. OF.
barater.]
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1. 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.
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Hag-ridden by my own fancy all night, and then
bantered on my haggard looks the next day. --W.
Irving.
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2. To jest about; to ridicule in speaking of, as some trait,
habit, characteristic, and the like. [Archaic]
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If they banter your regularity, order, and love of
study, banter in return their neglect of them.
--Chatham.
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3. To delude or trick, -- esp. by way of jest. [Obs.]
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We diverted ourselves with bantering several poor
scholars with hopes of being at least his lordship's
chaplain. --De Foe.
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4. To challenge or defy to a match. [Colloq. Southern and
Western U. S.]
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bantering
(wn) | bantering
adj 1: cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious
remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice" [syn: bantering,
facetious, tongue-in-cheek] |
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Bantering
(gcide) | Banter \Ban"ter\ (b[a^]n"t[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bantered
(b[a^]n"t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Bantering.] [Prob.
corrupted fr. F. badiner to joke, or perh. fr. E. bandy to
beat to and fro. See Badinage, and cf. Barter fr. OF.
barater.]
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1. 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.
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Hag-ridden by my own fancy all night, and then
bantered on my haggard looks the next day. --W.
Irving.
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2. To jest about; to ridicule in speaking of, as some trait,
habit, characteristic, and the like. [Archaic]
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If they banter your regularity, order, and love of
study, banter in return their neglect of them.
--Chatham.
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3. To delude or trick, -- esp. by way of jest. [Obs.]
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We diverted ourselves with bantering several poor
scholars with hopes of being at least his lordship's
chaplain. --De Foe.
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4. To challenge or defy to a match. [Colloq. Southern and
Western U. S.]
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bantering facetious tongue-in-cheek witty
(gcide) | humourous \humourous\ adj.
same as humorous; causing amusement or laughter. [Narrower
terms: {bantering, facetious, tongue-in-cheek, witty ;
{boisterous, knockabout, slapstick ; {buffoonish, clownish,
zany}; {comic, comical, funny, laughable, risible ; {droll,
waggish ; {dry, ironic, ironical, pawky, wry ; {farcical,
ludicrous, ridiculous ; {Gilbertian ; {hilarious, uproarious
; jesting, jocose, jocular, jocund, joking; {merry,
mirthful}; {seriocomic, seriocomical ; {tragicomic,
tragicomical ; killing, sidesplitting] Also See:
pleasing.
Syn: humorous.
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banteringly
(wn) | banteringly
adv 1: in a bantering fashion; "he spoke to her banteringly"
[syn: banteringly, tongue-in-cheek] |
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