badinage
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Definition of badinage
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Synonyms for badinage
Synonyms
backchat, banter, chaff, give-and-take, jesting, joshing, persiflage, raillery, repartee
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And the fact that this is where supporters have ended up after mere hours of social media badinage tells you just how weak the defense is. — Megan Mcardle, Alaska Dispatch News, "Trump’s defenders run out of excuses for Russian connection," 11 July 2017 Too often there’s an emotional monotony to this production, which flattens the narrative into a rather stale bedroom farce with barbed marital badinage and cliche clinches. — Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, "Review: ‘The Real Thing’ revival falls flat in Berkeley," 3 Feb. 2017 Scientists have begun decoding the complex badinage between cactuses and pollinating bats. — Natalie Angier, New York Times, "As Rains Ease in the West, Cactuses Shine Brighter Than Ever," 24 Apr. 2017 The hosts of Morning Joe, which debuted in 2007 and more or less dominated the cable-news chatter machine ever since, have long been known for their highly flirtatious office-spouse badinage, squabbling and then making up. — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, "Exclusive: Joe and Mika Are Getting Hitched," 4 May 2017 The hosts of Morning Joe, which debuted in 2007 and more or less dominated the cable-news chatter machine ever since, have long been known for their highly flirtatious office-spouse badinage, squabbling and then making up. — Emily Jane Fox, The Hive, "Exclusive: Joe and Mika Are Getting Hitched," 4 May 2017 In the past week, Lauren Naturale, a onetime college English instructor who writes the Merriam-Webster tweets, has become a media darling thanks to her wry and pointed posts, which include playful badinage. — Katherine Rosman, New York Times, "Move Over, Wikipedia. Dictionaries Are Hot Again.," 11 Feb. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'badinage.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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