Dictionary Entry
banter
banter is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
To jest about; to ridicule in speaking of, as some trait, habit, characteristic, and the like.
- 3transitive verb
To delude or trick, -- esp. by way of jest.
- 4transitive verb
To challenge or defy to a match.
- 5noun
The act of bantering; joking or jesting; humorous or good-humored raillery; pleasantry.
- 6noun
light teasing repartee
- 7verb
be silly or tease one another
"After we relaxed, we just kidded around"
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