Usually means: Playful, witty exchange of remarks.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word banter:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. banter: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. banter: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. banter: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. banter: Collins English Dictionary
  5. banter: Vocabulary.com
  6. Banter, banter: Wordnik
  7. banter: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. banter: Wiktionary
  9. banter: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. banter: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. banter: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Banter, banter: Dictionary.com
  13. banter: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. banter: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Banter (radio show), Banter: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Banter: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. banter: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. banter: Rhymezone
  19. Banter: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. banter: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. banter: Free Dictionary
  22. banter: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. banter: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. Banter: World Wide Words
  25. banter: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  26. banter: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. banter: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. banter: Encyclopedia

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. banter, banter, banter: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Banter: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  3. banter: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See bantered as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Sharp, good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.
noun:  Good-humoured bits of monologue and/or conversational prompts used in any of a wide range of occupations that must frequently interact with the public (for example, store clerks, salespersons, nurses).
verb:  (intransitive) To engage in banter or playful conversation.
verb:  (intransitive) To play or do something amusing.
verb:  (transitive) To tease (someone) mildly.
verb:  (transitive) To joke about; to ridicule (a trait, habit, etc.).
verb:  (transitive) To delude or trick; to play a prank upon.
verb:  (transitive, US, Southern and Western, colloquial) To challenge to a match.
verb:  (UK, dialect) To haggle; cheapen the price.

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