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banter
English
Etymology
1670s as verb, 1680s as noun. The origin is unknown, possibly from London street slang; ostensibly as *bant + -er (frequentative). Possibly an Anglo-Gaelicism from the Irish bean (“woman”), so that "banter" means "talk of women."
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?bænt?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?bænt?/
- Rhymes: -ænt?(?)
Noun
banter (uncountable)
- Sharp, good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.
- Synonyms: pleasantry, raillery
Translations
Verb
banter (third-person singular simple present banters, present participle bantering, simple past and past participle bantered)
- (intransitive) To engage in banter or playful conversation.
- (intransitive) To play or do something amusing.
- (transitive) To tease (someone) mildly.
- Synonyms: kid, wind up
- (transitive) To joke about; to ridicule (a trait, habit, etc.).
- June 1804, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
- If they banter your regularity, order, and love of study, banter in return their neglect of them.
- June 1804, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
- (transitive) To delude or trick; to play a prank upon.
- (transitive, US, Southern and Western, colloquial) To challenge to a match.
Translations
Derived terms
- bant
References
Further reading
- Michael Quinion (1996–2021) , “Banter”, in World Wide Words
Anagrams
- Barnet, Bernat, barnet
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baster
English
Etymology
baste +? -er.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?be?st?/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?be?st?/
- Rhymes: -e?st?(?)
Noun
baster (plural basters)
- One who bastes.
- A tool for basting meat with fat or gravy.
- 2009, Danielle Corsetto, Girls with Slingshots
- Hmm, yeah, but we didn’t have a turkey baster.
- 2009, Danielle Corsetto, Girls with Slingshots
Translations
Anagrams
- Be star, Sterba, Tarbes, abrest, barest, bestar, breast, rebats, tabers
Middle French
Verb
baster
- to put a packsaddle on
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Descendants
- French: bâter
References
- “bâter” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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