banter
noun
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
is bantering
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present progressiveof banter (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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His lady-love is bantering him on this frame of mind.
From A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) by Mrs. Sutherland Orr
Edwards is bantering Losing, and asks him if he will repeat his bet on this heat.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 by Various
