vt to challenge or defy to a match.
2. banter ·vt to delude or trick, ·esp. by way of jest.
3. banter ·noun the act of bantering; joking or jesting; humorous or good-humored raillery; pleasantry.
4. banter ·vt to jest about; to ridicule in speaking of, as some trait, habit, characteristic, and the like.
5. banter ·vt to address playful good-natured ridicule to, the person addressed, or something pertaining to him, being the subject of the jesting; to rally; as, he bantered me about my credulity.