raillery
    n 1: light teasing repartee [syn: banter, raillery, give-
         and-take, backchat]

Raillery \Rail"ler*y\ (r[a^]l"l[~e]r*[y^] or r[=a]l"-; 277), n.
   [F. raillerie, fr. railler. See Rail to scoff.]
   Pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language;
   satirical merriment.
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         Let raillery be without malice or heat.  --B. Jonson.
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         Studies employed on low objects; the very naming of
         them is sufficient to turn them into raillery.
                                                  --Addison.
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