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Definition of "badinage" [ba•di•nage]

  • Light, playful banter. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "badinage" in a sentence
  • "In describing a scene in which sexist badinage is exchanged at an account meeting, McLean correctly points out that “the series is critical of this limited view and is not afraid to spell [its criticism] out.”"
  • "I stipulate that this sounded idiotic, but when you are facing a large and menacing Viking, badinage is the first casualty."
  • "Similarly, with "badinage" - the phonetic meaning comes out as "bad in age" - memory, sex, teeth."