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Adjective

That teases

Intended to provoke or make fun of someone in a playful way

Witty, jocular, like a wag

Having a merry or cheerful nature or atmosphere

Of, pertaining to, or connected with satire

Bitingly or humorously intelligent in nature

Noun

The act of ridiculing someone or something

Humorous or witty conversation

Verb

Present participle for exchange remarks in a good-humoured teasing way

Present participle for to persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises

Present participle for behave as though sexually attracted to someone, but playfully rather than with serious intentions

Present participle for to engage in (typically meaningless or unimportant) conversation

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Adjective

That teases

sceptical^UK

inquiring^US

enquiring^UK

skeptical^US

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“A bantering tone.”

Adjective

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Intended to provoke or make fun of someone in a playful way

Adjective

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Witty, jocular, like a wag

flakey^US

flaky^UK

honourable^UK

honorable^US

as happy as a sandboy

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Adjective

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Having a merry or cheerful nature or atmosphere

full of the joys of spring

full of vim and vigour

lots of laughs

without a care in the world

as lively as a grig

as merry as a grig

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

as happy as a sandboy

flakey^US

flaky^UK

colorful^US

colourful^UK

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Adjective

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Of, pertaining to, or connected with satire

skeptical^US

sceptical^UK

libellous^UK

libelous^US

ill-humored^US

like a bear with a sore head

savoury^UK

savory^US

sulphurous^UK

sulfurous^US

minimising^UK

dishonoring^US

minimizing^US

unfavorable^US

calling a spade a spade

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Adjective

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Bitingly or humorously intelligent in nature

flakey^US

flaky^UK

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Noun

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The act of ridiculing someone or something

Noun

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Humorous or witty conversation

humor^US

humour^UK

pleasant conversation

good-humoured mockery

maneuver^US

manoeuvre^UK

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Verb

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Present participle for exchange remarks in a good-humoured teasing way

satirising^UK

satirizing^US

taking the mickey out of

taking the piss out of

holding up to ridicule

pulling somebody's leg

pulling someone's leg

making a laughing-stock

treating with contempt

making a game of

making a monkey out of

cracking

remarking

criticizing^US

pulling someone's chain

criticising^UK

playing a practical joke

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

reveling^US

revelling^UK

yanking somebody's chain

mucking someone about

shouting disapproval at

blowing raspberries at

giving someone a hard time

making a crack

making someone a laughing stock

laughing out of court

treating contemptuously

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

regarding with contempt

turning up your nose at

turning up one's nose

look down one's nose at

turning your nose up at

crushing

commenting negatively

thumbing one's nose at

doing an impression of

looking down your nose at

saying contemptuously

making cutting remarks about

libeling^US

libelling^UK

dishonoring^US

gamboling^US

gambolling^UK

considering beneath you

causing offence to

treating disrespectfully

cutting dead

hurting someone's feelings

throwing shade

stepping on one's toes

cutting to the quick

casting aspersions on

calling someone names

curling your lip at

considering beneath one

spitting in the eye of

turning back on

spitting in the face of

giving the Bronx cheer to

messing someone around

making a monkey out of someone

messing someone about

rotting someone

playing a joke

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“In New York, Fitzgerald has the reputation of a tough, no-nonsense prosecutor who doesn't relish bantering with reporters.”

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Present participle for to persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises

manoeuvring^UK

maneuvering^US

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

rubbing the right way

bringing someone round

pressurising^UK

softening up

bringing pressure to bear on

grovelling^UK

groveling^US

humouring^UK

turning on

betraying

dancing attendance on

ingratiating oneself with

humoring^US

magnetizing^US

magnetising^UK

sweeping off one's feet

coming on

admiring

commending

complimenting excessively

falling on one's knees

honeying up

paying court

rubbing up the right way

expressing admiration for

paying tribute to

ingratiating

paying blandishments to

saying nice things about

worshipping^UK

worshiping^US

gushing over

twisting someone's arm

licking someone's boots

kissing feet

putting on a pedestal

bowing and scraping

laying it on with a trowel

scratching one's back

keeping someone sweet

whetting the appetite of

abasing oneself before

kisses up to

demeaning oneself to

bowing and scrape to

prostrating oneself to

giving the come-on to

leading

back-scratching

egging on

getting on the right side of

eulogizing^US

arousing someone's interest in

putting the squeeze on

dangling a carrot in front of

falling over oneself for

praising to the skies

bowing and scrape before

eulogising^UK

singing the praises of

lionizing^US

lionising^UK

talking into something

counseling^US

counselling^UK

twisting somebody's arm

mesmerizing^US

colouring^UK

making yourself felt with

bringing pressure to bear upon

coloring^US

hypnotizing^US

mesmerising^UK

hypnotising^UK

drawing one's attention

exerting influence on

catching someone's eye

making a hit with

exerting a pull on

making someone's mouth water

tickling someone's fancy

floating someone's boat

lighting someone's fire

knocking out

putting under a spell

tickling pink

knocking dead

kissing the feet of

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Verb

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Present participle for behave as though sexually attracted to someone, but playfully rather than with serious intentions

Verb

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Present participle for to engage in (typically meaningless or unimportant) conversation

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