Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to banter
Participle: bantered
Gerund: bantering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | banter |
| you | banter |
| he;she;it | banters |
| we | banter |
| you | banter |
| they | banter |
Perfect
| I | have bantered |
| you | have bantered |
| he;she;it | has bantered |
| we | have bantered |
| you | have bantered |
| they | have bantered |
Past
| I | bantered |
| you | bantered |
| he;she;it | bantered |
| we | bantered |
| you | bantered |
| they | bantered |
Pluperfect
| I | had bantered |
| you | had bantered |
| he;she;it | had bantered |
| we | had bantered |
| you | had bantered |
| they | had bantered |
Future
| I | will banter |
| you | will banter |
| he;she;it | will banter |
| we | will banter |
| you | will banter |
| they | will banter |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bantered |
| you | will have bantered |
| he;she;it | will have bantered |
| we | will have bantered |
| you | will have bantered |
| they | will have bantered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | banter |
| you | banter |
| he;she;it | banter |
| we | banter |
| you | banter |
| they | banter |
Perfect
| I | have bantered |
| you | have bantered |
| he;she;it | have bantered |
| we | have bantered |
| you | have bantered |
| they | have bantered |
Imperfect
| I | bantered |
| you | bantered |
| he;she;it | bantered |
| we | bantered |
| you | bantered |
| they | bantered |
Pluperfect
| I | had bantered |
| you | had bantered |
| he;she;it | had bantered |
| we | had bantered |
| you | had bantered |
| they | had bantered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would banter |
| you | would banter |
| he;she;it | would banter |
| we | would banter |
| you | would banter |
| they | would banter |
Perfect
| I | would have bantered |
| you | would have bantered |
| he;she;it | would have bantered |
| we | would have bantered |
| you | would have bantered |
| they | would have bantered |
Imperative
| you | banter |
| we | Let's banter |
| you | banter |
Verbs conjugated like 'banter'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'banter'
balter,
banner,
barter,
batter,
canter,
santer,
alter,
anger,
ante,
atter,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1670s as verb, 1680s as noun. The origin is unknown, possibly from London street slang; ostensibly as *bant + -er (frequentative suffix). Possibly an Anglo-Gaelicism from the Irish bean (“woman”), so that "banter" means "talk of women."
Sample Sentences
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[...] Edmundson in the same company. When about to be sent to the same market, an older sister went to the shambles, to plead with the wretch who owned them, for the love of God, to spare his victims. He bantered her, telling what fine dresses and fine furniture they would have. ‘Yes, ’ she said, ‘that may do very well in this life, but what will become of them in the next ? ’ They too were sent to New [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)