as in jokes
to make jokes
the teacher bantered pleasantly, albeit a bit awkwardly, with the students at the school dance
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Everyone jokes about Shannon and her Spanx, which is really missing a Kerastase Thermatique trick here by not endorsing Shannon.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
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Jesse jokes, blithely unaware, before shooting out of bed after locking eyes with the chimp.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Banters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banters. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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