persiflage

persiflage

noun

Definition of PERSIFLAGE

good-natured teasing or exchanging of clever remarks <their tongue-in-cheek persiflage is sometimes mistaken for an exchange of insults by people who don't know them>

Synonyms backchat, badinage, chaff, give-and-take, jesting, joshing, persiflage, raillery, repartee

Related Words barb, crack, dig, gag, gambit, jest, joke, laugh, pleasantry, quip, sally, waggery, wisecrack, witticism; drollness, facetiousness, funniness, hilariousness, humorousness, richness; fooling, kidding, mocking, razzing, ribbing, ridiculing; humor, wit, wordplay; nothings; chatter, chitchat, gossip, small talk