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banter

/ˈbæntə(r)/noun

उच्चारण बैन्टर

हँसी-मज़ाक, ठिठोली, छेड़छाड़

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noun
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    [U]

    friendly remarks and jokes

    हँसी-मज़ाक, ठिठोली, छेड़छाड़

    • friendly banter between the two teams
    • The bus journey was full of cheerful banter among the students.
    • The two friends enjoyed their usual banter during the break.
    + 2 more examples
    • Good-natured banter filled the dressing room before the match.
    • There was playful banter between the bride's and the groom's families.

    Synonyms teasing repartee persiflage badinage joking

    Opposite seriousness solemnity

verb
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    [I] ~ (with sb)

    to joke with somebody in a friendly way

    मज़ाक करना

    • The old friends bantered with each other.
    • The cousins bantered over who made the best tea.
    • The players bantered with the crowd throughout the match.
    + 2 more examples
    • Colleagues bantered over lunch about whose team would win the cup.
    • He bantered easily with the passengers sitting beside him.

    Synonyms joke tease josh quip

≈Synonyms and antonyms
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ban·ter

?Which word?

Keep the joking words together: banter (friendly teasing), repartee (quick witty replies), raillery (good-humoured teasing), quip (a quick clever remark), jest.

मज़ाक के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: banter (मैत्रीपूर्ण छेड़छाड़), repartee (तुरंत चतुर उत्तर), raillery (अच्छे मूड की छेड़छाड़), quip (जल्दी की चतुर टिप्पणी), jest।

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One-word substitution

One-word substitution, asked very often: friendly teasing talk is banter, badinage or persiflage; a quick clever reply repartee; an exchange of clever remarks witty exchange.

यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: मैत्रीपूर्ण छेड़छाड़ भरी बात banter, badinage या persiflage; तुरंत चतुर उत्तर repartee; चतुर टिप्पणियों का आदान-प्रदान witty exchange।