bantering

English

Noun

bantering (plural banterings)

1. teasing
   • 1889, Harry Stillwell Edwards, Two Runaways and Other Stories:

     Her smiles were distributed among the tourists, and she learned to give keen answers to their good-humored banterings.

2. joking; jesting

Verb

bantering

1. present participle and gerund of banter

Adjective

bantering (comparative more bantering, superlative most bantering)

1. That teases

Derived terms

• banteringly