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Grammar : Verb
Spell : ban-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæn tər



Definition of bantering

Origin :
  • 1670s, origin uncertain; said by Swift to be a word from London street slang. Related: Bantered; bantering. The noun is from 1680s.
  • verb tease
Example sentences :
  • Now and then, he laughed in a merry way, as if he were bantering her out of something.
  • Extract from : « To be Read at Dusk » by Charles Dickens
  • This bantering is most pointed if we assume that Rosaline was dark rather than fair.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • But when the last case had been taken out, Max dropped his bantering manner.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Gilbert's voice had changed from its bantering note to a note of resolve.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • She laughed with an affectionate air, and spoke to him in a friendly, bantering way.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • Then he dropped the easy, bantering manner with a suddenness that was startling.
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Hippias, catching the words, exclaimed in a bantering tone: What!
  • Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon
  • She was cross and out of temper, and bore my bantering badly.
  • Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • "With the child," said Lingard, disregarding the bantering tone.
  • Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
  • Then he turned to me with a bantering, quizzical light in his eyes.
  • Extract from : « Dwellers in the Hills » by Melville Davisson Post

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