n.

Light, playful banter.

[French, from badin, joker, from Provençal badar, to gape, from Latin *batāre.]

noun

Good-natured teasing: banter, chaff, raillery, taunt. Informal ribbing. See laughter.

a playful repartee; banter

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: frivolous banter

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - skæmt, spøgefuldt drilleri

Nederlands (Dutch)
scherts, spot

Français (French)
n. - badinage

Deutsch (German)
n. - Scherz

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φιλική ανταλλαγή πειραγμάτων, αστεϊσμοί

Italiano (Italian)
burla

Português (Portuguese)
n. - brincadeira (f), gracejo (m)

Русский (Russian)
поддразнивание, заигрывание

Español (Spanish)
n. - bromas, chanzas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gyckel, raljeri

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
开玩笑, 揶揄

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 開玩笑, 揶揄

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 야유

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 冗談
v. - からかう

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) هزل, مزاح, مباسطه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮לגלוג, היתול‬

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