bantered 音标拼音: [b'æntɚd]
Banter \
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p . {
Bantered }
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pr . &
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n . {
Bantering }.] [
Prob .
corrupted fr .
F .
badiner to joke ,
or perh .
fr .
E .
bandy to beat to and fro .
See {
Badinage },
and cf . {
Barter }
fr .
OF .
barater .]
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1 .
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 .
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Hag -
ridden by my own fancy all night ,
and then bantered on my haggard looks the next day . --
W .
Irving .
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2 .
To jest about ;
to ridicule in speaking of ,
as some trait ,
habit ,
characteristic ,
and the like . [
Archaic ]
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If they banter your regularity ,
order ,
and love of study ,
banter in return their neglect of them .
--
Chatham .
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3 .
To delude or trick , --
esp .
by way of jest . [
Obs .]
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We diverted ourselves with bantering several poor scholars with hopes of being at least his lordship '
s chaplain . --
De Foe .
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4 .
To challenge or defy to a match . [
Colloq .
Southern and Western U .
S .]
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