badinage
31badinage — bad|i|nage [ ,bædn aʒ ] noun uncount LITERARY conversation with a lot of jokes and clever comments in it …
32badinage — bad·i·nage || bædɪnÉ‘ËÊ’ n. good natured banter; joking v. joke, jest …
33badinage — [ badɪnα:ʒ] noun witty conversation. Origin C17: from Fr., from badiner to joke …
34badinage — noun (U) formal or humorous playful joking talk …
35badinage — n 1. banter, raillery, repartee, wordplay, quiddity; teasing, Inf. kidding, Inf. ribbing, Inf. joshing; joking, jesting, pleasantry, drollery, jocularity, waggery; ridicule, mockery, Inf. ragging, Brit. quizzing, persiflage, derision. v 2. banter …
36badinage — bad·i·nage …
37badinage — UK [ˈbædɪˌnɑːʒ] / US [ˌbæd(ə)nˈɑʒ] noun [uncountable] literary conversation with a lot of jokes and clever comments in it …
38badinage — bad•i•nage [[t]ˌbæd nˈɑʒ, ˈbæd n ɪdʒ[/t]] n. v. naged, nag•ing 1) light, playful banter or raillery 2) to banter with or tease (someone) playfully • Etymology: 1650–60; < F, der. of badiner to joke, trifle …
39badinage — /ˈbædənaʒ / (say baduhnahzh), / adʒ/ (say ahj) noun light, playful banter or raillery. {French, from badiner jest, from badin fool, from Provençal, from badar gape, from Late Latin badāre} …
40badinage — n. banter …