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banter

verb as in tease

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The dialogue is witty and entertaining, with the banter between Julianna and Colt particularly enjoyable.

Only sometimes, our screen freezes, the call drops and what would have been goofy banter loses its moment.

From Ozy

There’s been a lot of political banter during the pandemic that’s made it very hard at points for us to have a consistent public health message regarding mitigation strategies and vaccination.

Perhaps the crown jewel has been SmartLess, with hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett, who bring listeners along for an entertaining ride of witty banter, inside jokes and A-list guests.

From Ozy

There were no random pairings of celebrity presenters, and thus no awkward banter.

From Time

They banter with Alex Trebek and tell stories of life after Jeopardy!

It was all foreplay, however, for the best presenter banter of all time.

Toking up was implied by smoky backgrounds and non sequiturial banter.

That was Kim Novak delivering that cringe-inducing banter with Matthew McConaughey.

Miki Indyk, an Australian-Israeli living in Tel Aviv, was happy to hear the two banter.

This unreasoning, feminine obstinacy so wrought upon him that he permitted himself a smile and a lapse into irony and banter.

This brings to my Memory (what I cannot help smiling at) the bountiful Banter, you at this time endeavoured to put upon me.

"You might spare me that 'alias, the Eye' business," Black Hood said, some of his old-time banter returning.

A joke, a banter, a bon-mot, make more impression upon the man of the world than all the grave notions of his religion.

You love to banter; you love to give me that surname of 'Rich,' to me, now no less poor than Job.

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On this page you'll find 106 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to banter, such as: chitchat, gossip, repartee, ribbing, small talk, and badinage.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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