banter

noun · verbA2

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noun

1.
(uncountable)Sharp, good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.
Đồng nghĩa: pleasantry, raillery
2.
(uncountable)Good-humoured bits of monologue and/or conversational prompts used in any of a wide range of occupations that must frequently interact with the public (for example, store clerks, salespersons, nurses).

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

banters

V_ing/Gerund

bantering

V_ed/pp

bantered

1.
(intransitive)To engage in banter or playful conversation.
2.
(intransitive)To play or do something amusing.
3.
(transitive)To tease (someone) mildly.
Đồng nghĩa: kid, wind up, chaff
4.
(transitive)To joke about; to ridicule (a trait, habit, etc.).
June 1804, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham If they banter your regularity, order, and love of study, banter in return their neglect of them.
5.
(transitive)To delude or trick; to play a prank upon.
6.
(Southern, US, Western, colloquial, transitive)(transitive, US, Southern and Western, colloquial) To challenge to a match.
7.
(UK, dialectal)(UK, dialect) To haggle; cheapen the price.

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Đồng nghĩa

pleasantry raillery kidwind upchaff

Cùng gốc / liên quan

bantererbanterousbantersomebanterybantssoy banter

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Nguồn gốc từ

1670s as verb, 1680s as noun. The origin is, possibly from London street slang; ostensibly as --er. Possibly an Anglo-Gaelicism from the bean (woman), so that "banter" means "talk of women."