banter

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ban·ter [banter banters bantered bantering] noun, verb BrE [ˈbæntə(r)] NAmE [ˈbæntər]
noun uncountable
friendly remarks and jokes
•He enjoyed exchanging banter with the customers.

Word Origin:
late 17th cent.: of unknown origin.
 
verb intransitive ~ (with sb)
to joke with sb
•He bantered with reporters and posed for photographers.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late 17th cent.: of unknown origin.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  raillery, give-and-take, backchat, kid, chaff, jolly, josh