[
UK
/bˈɑːntɐ/
]
[ US /ˈbæntɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈbæntɝ/ ]
VERB
-
be silly or tease one another
After we relaxed, we just kidded around
NOUN
- light teasing repartee
How To Use banter In A Sentence
- Too often, they were simply bantered around as high-sounding slogans.
- It was 20 minutes into the game when any prospect of good-natured banter disappeared.
- I didn't get any banter. Times, Sunday Times
- Eh, Brother, don't you mean any and all capitalist running dogs are smelly, of which the Noble House and the House of Chen are chief and dung heavy?" he said banteringly. Noble House
- There is some queeny banter going on around us.
- You usually get banter over stuff like this. The Sun
- This is as dark and downbeat as they come, the occasional lighter moments of banter notwithstanding.
- Their light-hearted banter takes away the miseries of daily life. The Sun
- But, frankly, I'd rather point out that having Spitzer and Parker sit so close together and trade sly banter is just plain creepy. Parker Spitzer: no snap or crackle, and not pop
- You usually get banter over stuff like this. The Sun