banter
noun
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
was bantering
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past progressiveof banter.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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After a morning on the slopes, John was bantering with customers while perusing a catalogue of hooded ninja suits by Airblaster.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2019
His father was bantering him about what he learnt, or didn't learn, at school; was offering him an extra five shillings to his school tip if he could answer three questions.
From This Freedom by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson
A pretty girl at an evening party was bantering a genial bachelor on his reasons for remaining single.
From Best Short Stories by Thomas L. Masson
The other was bantering without a notion that he approached the truth.
From The Plow-Woman by Eleanor Gates
Stickney, hale and smiling, was bantering with a woman in a cloak, who, with a monster basket on her arm, was dickering for eight cents' worth of some thing.
From The Monster and Other Stories by Stephen Crane
