MEANING
To exchange light, teasing remarks, or to tease someone in a playful manner.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- banter with a friend
- good-natured banter
On the page
They bantered while packing, avoiding the subject of who would not return.
She bantered with the porter until his rehearsed courtesy relaxed.
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Word forms
- Base
- banter
- Past tense
- bantered
- Past participle
- bantered
- Present participle
- bantering
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- banter
- Present continuous
- am/is/are bantering
- Present perfect
- have/has bantered
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been bantering
- Past
- bantered
- Past continuous
- was/were bantering
- Past perfect
- had bantered
- Past perfect continuous
- had been bantering
- Future
- will banter
- Future continuous
- will be bantering
- Future perfect
- will have bantered
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been bantering
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: banter; banters; bantered; bantered; bantering Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: banters.
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