Badinage - English meaning

noun

The playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks.

Usage examples:

There was much good-natured banter

verb

Exchange remarks in a good-humoured teasing way.

Usage examples:

The men bantered with the waitresses

noun

Conversation that is not serious and is often playful

Usage examples:

That kind of banter isn’t appropriate at work.

adjective

Characterized by good-humoured teasing.

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A bantering tone

verb

Exchange remarks in a good-humoured teasing way.

Usage examples:

The men bantered with the waitresses

adjective

Involving conversation that is funny and not serious

Usage examples:

I grew weary of his bantering style of conversation., she adopted a bantering tone as they spoke.

noun

Unwanted transfer of signals between communication channels.

Usage examples:

This was key to avoid unwanted measurement crosstalk that destroys quantum information.

noun

Interference (= unwanted noise or other effects) in a communications system because it is receiving a wrong signal

Usage examples:

The cables have a copper core surrounded by wire mesh that absorbs noise and crosstalk., the proble…

noun

A process in which signals sent by different pathways (= sets of connected reactions) in the body affect each other

Usage examples:

The research revealed the crosstalk that exists between the antibacterial and anti-viral arms of th…

idiom

Interesting and exciting arguments

Usage examples:

She enjoys the cut and thrust of party politics.

adjective

Said or done for amusement; joking.

Usage examples:

A jesting commentary on world affairs

noun

The action of saying or doing something for amusement.

Usage examples:

Laughing and jesting were out of the question

verb

Speak in a joking way.

Usage examples:

You jest, surely?

adjective

Humorous or flippant.

Usage examples:

A joking manner

verb

Make jokes; talk humorously or flippantly.

Usage examples:

She could laugh and joke with her colleagues

verb

Present participle of joke

Usage examples:

They joked and laughed as they looked at the photos., it's more serious than you think, so please d…

verb

Tease (someone) in a playful way.

Usage examples:

He loved to josh people

noun

Good-natured banter.

Usage examples:

We found him tired-eyed and peaked—not a man for josh and chatter

abbreviation

Joshua (in biblical references).

noun

A witty remark.

Usage examples:

Peter ate heartily with a quip about being a condemned man

verb

Make a witty remark.

Usage examples:

‘flattery will get you nowhere,’ she quipped

noun

A quick, intelligent, and often amusing remark

Usage examples:

The piano mover quipped, “of course i love piano – i picked it up as a child!”

noun

Good-humoured teasing.

Usage examples:

She was greeted with raillery from her fellow workers

noun

Conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or replies.

Usage examples:

He had a quick mind and a splendid gift of repartee

noun

Quick and usually funny answers and remarks in conversation

Usage examples:

Oscar wilde's plays are full of witty repartee.

noun

A quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism.

Usage examples:

The dialogue, too, feels like piecework, as if the bons mots and ripostes have been assembled from …

verb

Make a quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism.

Usage examples:

‘you've got a strange sense of honour,’ grant riposted

noun

A quick and clever remark, often made in answer to a criticism

Usage examples:

She made a sharp/witty/neat riposte., [ + that ] she simply riposted that she did not create the bo…

noun

A sudden charge out of a besieged place against the enemy; a sortie.

Usage examples:

The garrison there made a sally against us

verb

Make a military sortie.

Usage examples:

They sallied out to harass the enemy

noun

The part of a bell rope that has coloured wool woven into it to provide a grip for the bell-ringer's hands.

Usage examples:

There are two parts to the bell rope – the tail and the soft sally, which are pulled alternately to…

noun

The activity or skill of fencing with swords or foils.

Usage examples:

Swetnam was teaching fencing and general swordplay at a time when the rapier was making a distinct …

noun

The capacity for inventive thought and quick understanding; keen intelligence.

Usage examples:

She does not lack perception or native wit

verb

Have knowledge.

Usage examples:

I addressed a few words to the lady you wot of

noun

A witty remark.

Usage examples:

Maurice roared with laughter at his own witticisms

noun

A remark that is witty (= both intelligent and amusing)

noun

The witty exploitation of the meanings and ambiguities of words, especially in puns.

Usage examples:

So many of the jokes are based on wordplay

noun

The activity of joking about the meanings of words, especially in an intelligent way