bantered
Exchanged playful jabs
Bantered is the past tense of banter, meaning to exchange playful, teasing remarks.
The word suggests lighthearted back-and-forth rather than serious conversation: They bantered about whose team would win.
She bantered with the bartender while waiting for her drink.
Brief witty remarks
- reparteeQuick, clever conversation
- wordplayVerbal wit techniques
- punsJokes using sound similarities
- retortsWitty or sharp replies
ripostes · sallies · wisecracks · bon mots · one-liners · zingers · comebacks · badinage
Playful, mild ridicule
- jokingSaying things in fun
- jestingPlayful, unserious speech
- ribbingAffectionate verbal teasing
- kiddingTeasing playfully
joshing · ragging · needling · chaffing · goofing · horsing around · funning · razzing
Playfully showing romantic interest
- toyingHandling carelessly or idly
- dallyingIdling without purpose
- charmingPleasantly attractive in manner
- courtingRomantic pursuit of another
romancing · sweet-talking · wooing · flattering · complimenting · enticing · alluring · playing
Informal verbal exchange
- exchangingTrading between parties
- talkingProducing speech aloud
- dialoguingEngaging in discussion
- conversingEngaging in spoken exchange
back-and-forth · volleying · sparring · parrying · give-and-take · interplay · crosstalk · tête-à-tête
quips
Brief witty remarks
retorts · ripostes · sallies · wisecracks · bon mots · one-liners · zingers · comebacks · badinage · persiflage
teasing
Playful, mild ridicule
kidding · joshing · ragging · needling · chaffing · goofing · horsing around · funning · razzing · roasting
flirting
Playfully showing romantic interest
- toyingHandling carelessly or idly
- dallyingIdling without purpose
- charmingPleasantly attractive in manner
courting · romancing · sweet-talking · wooing · flattering · complimenting · enticing · alluring · playing · teasing
chatting
Informal verbal exchange
- exchangingTrading between parties
- talkingProducing speech aloud
- dialoguingEngaging in discussion
conversing · back-and-forth · volleying · sparring · parrying · give-and-take · interplay · crosstalk · tête-à-tête · schmoozing
banteredlectured
Spoke formally to instruct
sermonized · deliberated · pontificated · intoned · moralized
banteredwithdrew
Pulled out or back
clammed up · stonewalled · ignored · sulked · brooded
- witty banterPlayful clever conversation
- playful banterLighthearted teasing exchange
- locker room banterCrude speech in athletic spaces
- flirty banterPlayful, suggestive conversation
- clever banterWitty conversational exchange
- stage banterTalk during live shows