raillery
raillery
nounDefinition of RAILLERY
good-natured teasing or exchanging of clever remarks <Luke had to put up with a lot of raillery from his sister the first time he asked a girl for a date>
Related Words barb, crack, dig, gag, gambit, jest, joke, laugh, pleasantry, quip, sally, waggery, wisecrack, witticism; drollness, facetiousness, funniness, hilariousness, humorousness, richness; fooling, kidding, mocking, razzing, ribbing, ridiculing; humor, wit, wordplay; nothings; chatter, chitchat, gossip, small talk
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