The act of bantering; joking or jesting; humorous or good-humored raillery; pleasantry
To address playful good-natured ridicule to, the person addressed, or something pertaining to him, being the subject of the jesting; to rally; as, he bantered me about my credulity
If you banter with someone, you tease them or joke with them in an amusing, friendly way. The soldiers bantered with him as though he was a kid brother We bantered a bit while I tried to get the car started. friendly conversation in which people make a lot of jokes with and amusing remarks about each other friendly/good-natured/light-hearted banter banter with/between