Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To tease (someone) good-humoredly.
- intransitive verb To make or exchange good-humored jokes; banter.
- noun A teasing or joking remark.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To chaff; make fun of.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Good natured
banter - verb transitive To tease someone in a kindly fashion
- verb intransitive To make or exchange good-natured jokes.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb be silly or tease one another
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I think josh is right that at the very least Rossi will be forced onto more conservative ground that might hurt him in the general -- its called the Overton Window effect and Conservatives have been using it to make the GOP do what they want since William F Buckley.
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On February 6th 2009, Kim wrote: josh is way to hot for rumer!!!
Josh Hartnett Lindsay Lohan Romance Rumors: Lindsay Lohan Josh Hartnett Exchange Numbers 2008
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Curtis on May 4, 2008 what NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, josh is nothing but an arogant jerk, no one wants him including me I saw how he ruined his show the OC, the show became so bad that it had to get cancelled, he is a bad writer tori on May 4, 2008
Young X-Men Prequel Being Written by Josh Schwartz Already?! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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i think josh is here cause he realizes his site pretty much sucks balls compared to this one.
It's All Part of the Plan - Joker's Nationwide Trailer Hunt! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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July 23rd, 2006 at 12: 10 pm james risser says: well, josh is correct, if you use a standard definition of the word: ap·pre·ci·a·tion (É ™ - prÄ “’shÄ “- Ä’shÉ ™ n) n.
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| Reply | Permalink golly, if one was a suspicious type, one would think this was highly orchestrated p.r. move to hoodwink those 'low info' voters and the cable news chattermonkeys. what's that word josh likes to use -- oh yeah, 'bamboozle' the yokels.
None Of Republican Moderates Who "Warned" Bush Voted For Iraq Bill 2009
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LindsTx My brother just called ... him and his bff josh aka ben affleck are comin to stay with me for a weekend in 2 weeks!!
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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i wanna call josh, but i know if i do he won't be able to understand what i'm saying through the sobbing. sorry i didn't say better goodbyes. nothing good happened today. my mom didn't even pick me up a bus pass. previous | | next
sarus Diary Entry sarus 2004
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i really need a job. i didn't go handing out my resumes either. there were adventures to be had, and that also means i didn't call josh AGAIN. i'm terrible.
sarus Diary Entry sarus 2004
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Italian Socialist paper, and the clerk at the post-office knew what sort of paper it was, and would "josh" him about it.
King Coal : a Novel Upton Sinclair 1923
bilby commented on the word josh
Don't be silly, Josh.
May 30, 2008
asativum commented on the word josh
i'd rather be silly than josh.
May 31, 2008
asativum commented on the word josh
i'd rather be silly than josh.
May 31, 2008
bilby commented on the word josh
This word is campaigning for Bernie Sanders.
February 4, 2016