noun
- playful, witty conversation or banter
Usage: formal
Examples
- The dinner party was filled with clever badinage between old friends.
- Their badinage kept everyone entertained throughout the evening.
- She enjoyed the intellectual badinage of university debates.
- The playwright’s characters engage in sophisticated badinage.
- His quick wit made him a master of badinage.
- The badinage between the hosts made the show delightful to watch.