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banter
noun
ban‧ter
[
uncountable
]
friendly conversation in which people make a lot of jokes with and amusing
remarks about each other
friendly/good-natured/light-hearted banter
banter with/between
easy banter between her cousins
—
banter
verb
[
intransitive
]
I watched the guys as they bantered with the waitresses.
—
bantering
adjective
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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