Badinage

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  • noun. Light, playful banter.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Light playful banter or raillery.
  • noun. Synonyms Raillery, banter.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Playful raillery; banter.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Playful raillery; banter.
  • verb. To engage in badinage or playful banter.
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  • noun. frivolous banter
    • Word Usage
    "In describing a scene in which sexist badinage is exchanged at an account meeting, McLean correctly points out that “the series is critical of this limited view and is not afraid to spell [its criticism] out.”"
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    backchat  banter  give-and-take  raillery  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    antics  archness  banter  chaff  condescension  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    backchat  banter  banter  chaff  chaffing  
    verb-form
    badinages  
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