Noun: bants
Usage: Brit, informal
Usage: Brit, informal
- Light teasing repartee
"The friends engaged in good-natured bants over dinner";
- banter, raillery, give-and-take, backchat [Brit, informal], josh [N. Amer, informal], bantz [Brit, informal], borak [Austral, informal], borax [Austral, informal]
Type of: repartee
Encyclopedia: Bants