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Pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment.

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  1. n. Pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment.
  2. n. light teasing repartee
  3. Pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment. Let raillery be without malice or heat. B. Jonson. Studies employed on low objects; the very naming of them is sufficient to turn them into raillery. Addison.
  4. Pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language;satirical merriment.Let raillery be without malice or heat. B. Jonson.Studies employed on low objects; the very naming of them issufficient to turn them into raillery. Addison.
  5. n light teasing repartee