[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

badinage \ba`di`nage"\, n. f., fr. badiner to joke, of. to
   trifle, be silly, fr. badin silly.
   playful raillery; banter. "he . . . indulged himself only in
   an elegant badinage." --warburton.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

badinage
     n : frivolous banter

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

26 moby thesaurus words for "badinage":
   backchat, banter, chaff, chaffing, exchange, fooling,
   fooling around, give-and-take, good-natured banter,
   harmless teasing, jape, jest, jive, joke, josh, joshing, kidding,
   kidding around, persiflage, pleasantry, raillery, rallying,
   repartee, ridicule, sport, twit

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