The meaning of Repartee

noun

Humorous or witty conversation.

Usage examples:

He developed a nice line in badinage with the labour leader

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

The husks of corn or other seed separated by winnowing or threshing.

Usage examples:

Spikes were threshed and florets (hereafter called seeds) separated from chaff by sieving and force…

verb

Tease.

Usage examples:

The pleasures of drinking and betting and chaffing your mates

noun

The outer layer that is separated from grains such as wheat before they are used as food

Usage examples:

Scientists chaffed at the restriction, saying it would slow down crucial medical research., local r…

verb

Tease.

Usage examples:

The pleasures of drinking and betting and chaffing your mates

noun

The husks of corn or other seed separated by winnowing or threshing.

Usage examples:

Spikes were threshed and florets (hereafter called seeds) separated from chaff by sieving and force…

noun

Worthless things; rubbish.

Usage examples:

He hopes to separate scientifically supported claims from pseudoscientific chaff

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

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

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.

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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…

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

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…

adjective

Intended to provoke or make fun of someone in a playful way.

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Teasing comments

verb

Make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful way.

Usage examples:

I used to tease her about being so house-proud

verb

Present participle of tease

Usage examples:

I used to hate being teased about my red hair when i was at school., i was just teasing, i didn't m…

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