Badinage

Word BADINAGE
Character 8
Hyphenation ba di nage
Pronunciations /ˌbæd.ɪ.ˈnɑːdʒ/

Definitions and meanings of "Badinage"

What do we mean by badinage?

Light, playful banter. noun

Light playful banter or raillery. noun

Synonyms Raillery, banter. noun

Playful raillery; banter. noun

Playful raillery; banter. noun

To engage in badinage or playful banter. verb

Frivolous banter noun

Playful raillery; banter.

The French word for banter. Urban Dictionary

To joke or have banter. Normally used by pretentious mofos Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Badinage

The word "badinage" in example sentences

In describing a scene in which sexist badinage is exchanged at an account meeting, McLean correctly points out that “the series is critical of this limited view and is not afraid to spell [its criticism] out.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

I stipulate that this sounded idiotic, but when you are facing a large and menacing Viking, badinage is the first casualty. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Similarly, with "badinage" - the phonetic meaning comes out as "bad in age" - memory, sex, teeth. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But instead of joining what Charmian termed the badinage, the psychoanalysts remained aloof. ❋ Diane Leslie (1999)

The badinage is the young man's defect in art; the brag is his defect in nature. ❋ Various (N/A)

The word is "badinage" and, as defined on AWAD, means "Light, playful remarks; banter." ❋ Barbylon (2006)

Weed might describe the words as "badinage," in a letter to the London ❋ Ephraim Douglass Adams (N/A)

This kind of badinage was new to the farmer, and it amused him immensely. ❋ Edward Payson Roe (1863)

This sort of 'badinage' has something engaging and 'liant' in it, and begets that decent familiarity, which it is both agreeable and useful to establish in good houses and with people of fashion. ❋ Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield (1733)

Since it emerged that he would be participating in this year's Strictly, the badinage on his Twitter feed has been considerably less "self‑confident" than usual, suggesting that here was a man who had finally realised he was out of his comfort zone, a safe haven where he can generally be found parlaying about football with other football men. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Other agendas obviously have been at work, as witnessed by the badinage last week between London's colorful Mayor Boris Johnson and his Labour predecessor, Kenneth "Red Ken" Livingstone, over who broke bread more often with Murdoch employees. ❋ Jr. Holman W. Jenkins (2011)

It was his old spirit of humor and badinage that had made him a favorite in his own class, but which he had hitherto been unable to use in her presence through lack of words and training. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In Batman and Me Bob Kane, who was really at his best in funny comics, wrote: "Robin lightened up the mood of the strip and he and Batman would engage in punning and badinage as they defeated their adversaries." ❋ Unknown (2009)

[Il] y avait [beaucoup] de badinage [hier] soir! ❋ Moralbantlord (2013)

Sorry I [shagged] your bird mate it was [just a bit] of [badinage] ❋ Cali Bali (2023)

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