English-Thai Dictionary

banter

N การล้อเล่น  การ พูด หยอกเย้า  การ เย้าแหย่  kan-lor-len

 

banter

VI ล้อเล่น  ยั่ว  แกล้ง  แหย่  หยอกเย้า  joke tease lor-len

 

bantering

ADJ ซึ่ง หยอก เล่น อย่าง เป็นมิตร  sueng-yok-len-yang-pen-mid

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BANTER

v.t.[Gr. to mock, or deride. ] To play upon in words and in good humor; to rally; to joke, or jest with. Banter hardly amounts to ridicule, much less to derision. It consists in being pleasant and witty with the actions of another, and raising a humorous laugh at his expense, often attended with some degree of sarcasm.

 

BANTER

n.A joking or jesting; raillery; wit or humor; pleasantry.

 

BANTERED

pp. Rallied; laughed at in good humor.

 

BANTERER

n.One who banters, or laughs at with pleasantry.

 

BANTERING

ppr. Joking; laughing at with good humor.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BANTER

Ban "ter, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bantered (p. pr. & vb. n. Bantering. ]Etym: [Prob. corrupted fr. F. badiner to joke, or perh. fr. E. bandy to beat to and fro. See Badinage, and cf. Barter fr. OF. barater.]

 

1. To address playful good-natured ridicule to, -- the person addressed, or something pertaining to him, being the subject of the jesting; to rally; as, he bantered me about my credulity. Hag-ridden by my own fancy all night, and then bantered on my haggard looks the next day. W. Irving.

 

2. To jest about; to ridicule in speaking of, as some trait, habit, characteristic, and the like. [Archaic ] If they banter your regularity, order, and love of study, banter in return their neglect of them. Chatham.

 

3. To delude or trick, -- esp. by way of jest. [Obs. ] We diverted ourselves with bantering several poor scholars with hopes of being at least his lordship's chaplain. De Foe.

 

4. To challenge or defy to a match. [Colloq. Southern and Western U.S.]

 

BANTER

BANTER Ban "ter, n.

 

Defn: The act of bantering; joking or jesting; humorous or good- humored raillery; pleasantry. Part banter, part affection. Tennyson.

 

BANTERER

BANTERER Ban "ter *er, n.

 

Defn: One who banters or rallies.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

banter

ban ter |ˈbantər ˈbæn (t )ər | ▶noun the playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks: there was much singing and good-natured banter. ▶verb [ no obj. ] talk or exchange remarks in a good-humored teasing way: the men bantered with the waitresses | (as adj. bantering ) : a bantering tone. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: of unknown origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

banter

ban ¦ter |ˈbantə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks: there was much good-natured banter. ▶verb [ no obj. ] exchange remarks in a good-humoured teasing way: the men bantered with the waitresses | (as adj. bantering ) : a bantering tone. DERIVATIVES banterer noun, banteringly adverb ORIGIN late 17th cent.: of unknown origin.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

banter

banter noun a brief exchange of banter: repartee, witty conversation, raillery, wordplay, cut and thrust, kidding, ribbing, badinage, joshing. ▶verb sightseers were bantering with the guards: joke, jest, quip; informal josh, wisecrack.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

banter

banter noun a brief exchange of harmless banter: repartee, raillery, ripostes, sallies, swordplay, quips, wisecracks, crosstalk, wordplay; badinage, witty conversation, witty remarks, witticism (s ), joking, jesting, jocularity, drollery; French bons mots; informal kidding, ribbing, joshing; rare persiflage. ▶verb a small crowd of sightseers were bantering with the guards: joke, jest, pun, sally, quip; informal josh, wisecrack.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

banter

ban ter /bǽntə r /名詞 U (悪気のない )からかい, ひやかし, 軽口 .動詞 自動詞 【人と 】軽口をたたき合う, 冗談を言う «with » .他動詞 …をひやかす, からかう .

 

bantering

b á n ter ing 形容詞 ひやかしの .