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banter
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to make jokes
- the teacher bantered pleasantly, albeit a bit awkwardly, with the students at the school dance
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“Banter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banter. Accessed 19 Apr. 2021.
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The first known use of banter was in 1653
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