banter

the men bantered with the waitresses.

He bantered with his grandchildren.

The students exchanged banter with each other.

The actress exchanged banter with reporters.

The rival team members bantered before the game.

We bantered Nick on the subject of marriage.

The students enjoyed their teacher's bantering them about their mistakes.

He suddenly dropped his habitual banter.

She engages in friendly banter with her customers.

bantered with her colleagues about their long coffee breaks;

buffoonery, facetious, chaffing, badinage, bantering, quizzical, waggish.

I really enjoy our banter at work!

Sure, I engaged in some friendly e-mail banter.

Hello. Hello. All right, let's dispense with the friendly banter.

You don't have to do the banter, but what's it cost me?

I want this type of playful banter in my relationship.

Sometimes we call it banter when you can have a really great conversation back and forth with someone.

What it once considered lighthearted banter is now verboten homophobia.

Well, it's a revenge on wit, on chat and on banter.

It was banter. Has this country come to the point where you can't joke with the help?

I set up, and we waited, our banter dissipating as the daylight waned and tiny specks of light emerged.