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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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deride
English
Etymology
From Middle French dérider, from Latin d?r?de? (“to mock, laugh at”), from d?- (“from, down from”) + r?de? (“to laugh”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d???a?d/
Verb
deride (third-person singular simple present derides, present participle deriding, simple past and past participle derided)
- (transitive) To harshly mock; ridicule.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:ridicule
Derived terms
- derider
- deridingly
Related terms
- derision
- derisive
- ridicule
- ridiculous
- ridiculosity
Translations
Further reading
- deride in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- deride in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Diedre, redied
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ide
Verb
deride
- third-person singular present of deridere
Anagrams
- reddei
Latin
Verb
d?r?d?
- second-person singular present active imperative of d?r?de?
Turkish
Noun
deride
- locative singular of deri
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