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[ noun ] light teasing repartee
Synonyms Used in print (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)He had had the need to understand what life lurked behind the mask of flesh , behind the oath , the banter , the sadness . Once covertly looking at Simms_Purdew , the only man in the world whom he hated , he had seen the heavy , slack , bestubbled jaw open and close to emit the cruel , obscene banter , and had seen the pale blue eyes go watery with whisky and merriment , and suddenly he was not seeing the face of that vile creature . Related terms |
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[ verb ] be silly or tease one another
Examples "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" Used in print (Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)For_example , probably very few people know that the word `` visrhanik '' that is bantered about so much today stems from the verb `` bouanahsha '' : to salivate . Related terms |
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