joshing

bandying, quipping

baiting, deriding, derisive, derisory, hassling, heckling, jeering, mocking, needling, ridiculing, taunting

contemptuous, disdainful, sarcastic, scornful

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