badinage

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)Playful raillery; banter.

   “I am persuaded, if all gay badinage were prefaced by an explanation, it would be infinitely better received.”

   “Your badinage so airy, / Your manner arbitrary, / Are out of place / When face to face / With an influential Fairy.”

   “"[…] God knows that if you were only safely married to Jacob I would not care how much you saw of Henri; but as you are not, I think these badinages are very ill-timed and take your mind off the principal business."”

   “[…] take the word 'barnshoot'—a corruption of the Hindustani word bahinchut. A vile and unforgivable insult in India, this word is a piece of gentle badinage in England.”

   “[Talia:] You'll forgive me if I'm not in the mood for your usual badinage.”

verb

1. To engage in badinage or playful banter.