Banter

·vt To challenge or defy to a match.

II. Banter ·vt To delude or trick, — ·esp. by way of jest.

III. Banter ·noun The act of bantering; joking or jesting; humorous or good-humored raillery; pleasantry.

IV. Banter ·vt To jest about; to ridicule in speaking of, as some trait, habit, characteristic, and the like.

V. Banter ·vt To address playful good-natured ridicule to, — the person addressed, or something pertaining to him, being the subject of the jesting; to Rally; as, he bantered me about my credulity.