Associations to the word «Bantering»

Wiktionary

BANTER, noun. Good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.
BANTER, verb. (intransitive) To engage in banter or playful conversation.
BANTER, verb. (intransitive) To play or do something amusing.
BANTER, verb. (transitive) To tease (someone) mildly.
BANTER, verb. (transitive) To joke about; to ridicule (a trait, habit, etc.).
BANTER, verb. (transitive) To delude or trick; to play a prank upon.
BANTER, verb. (transitive) (US) (Southern and Western) (colloquial) To challenge to a match.

Dictionary definition

BANTER, noun. Light teasing repartee.
BANTER, verb. Be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn