Taking the piss out of your friends, making fun of them. There’s a fine line between banter and being a jerk. Sometimes its lost on foreigners.
Banter
Example Sentences
"Don't Banter about like that!"
"He's always trying to Banter when he shouldn't."
Etymology & History
Colloquial British verb that emerged from informal speech patterns. Such verbs often began in working-class or regional dialects before being adopted more widely across British English.
Word Details
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Region
General British
๐
Era
Modern
๐
Language
Vulgar
๐ฌ
Formality
Slang
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