badinage

Plural: badinages

Noun

frivolous banter
Playful raillery; banter.

Verb

Verb Forms: badinaged, badinaging, badinages

To engage in humorous or witty conversation.
To engage in badinage or playful banter.

Examples

They would badinage throughout the game, trading lighthearted insults about their word choices.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French badinage, from the verb badiner (“jest, joke”) from badin (“playful”), from Occitan badar (“gape”). Distantly related to abash.

Scrabble Score: 12

badinage: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
badinage: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
badinage: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

badinage: valid Words With Friends Word