bantered
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Banter \Ban"ter\ (b[a^]n"t[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bantered (b[a^]n"t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Bantering.] [Prob. corrupted fr. F. badiner to joke, or perh. fr. E. bandy to beat to and fro. See Badinage, and cf. Barter fr. OF. barater.] [1913 Webster]
1.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. [1913 Webster]
Hag-ridden by my own fancy all night, and then bantered on my haggard looks the next day.— W. Irving.[1913 Webster]
2.To jest about; to ridicule in speaking of, as some trait, habit, characteristic, and the like. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
If they banter your regularity, order, and love of study, banter in return their neglect of them.— Chatham.[1913 Webster]
3.To delude or trick, -- esp. by way of jest. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
We diverted ourselves with bantering several poor scholars with hopes of being at least his lordship's chaplain.— De Foe.[1913 Webster]
4.To challenge or defy to a match. [Colloq. Southern and Western U. S.] [1913 Webster]