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Adjective: bantering  ban-tu-ring
  1. Cleverly amusing in tone
    "a bantering tone";
    - facetious, tongue-in-cheek
Verb: banter  ban-tu(r)
  1. Be silly or tease one another
    "The couple bantered playfully throughout dinner";
    - kid [informal], chaff, jolly [informal], josh [informal]

See also: humorous, humourous [Brit, Cdn, non-standard]

Type of: bait, cod [Brit, informal], rag, rally, razz [N. Amer, informal], ride [N. Amer, informal], taunt, tease, twit [informal], wind up [Brit, informal]

Encyclopedia: Banter