All 4 Uses of
banter
in
Moby Dick
- Foremost through the sparkling sea shoots on the gay, embattled, bantering bow, but only to drag dark Ahab after it, where he broods within his sternward cabin, builded over the dead water of the wake, and further on, hunted by its wolfish gurglings.†
Chpt 37-39
- Espying the mate drawing near as he was toiling at the pump with the rest, the Lakeman affected not to notice him, but unawed, went on with his gay banterings.†
Chpt 52-54
- "There's a pretty fellow, now," he banteringly laughed, standing in the ship's bows, "there's a jackal for ye!†
Chpt 91-93
- But ere he entered his cabin, light, unnatural, half-bantering, yet most piteous sound was heard.†
Chpt 112-114 *
Definition:
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(banter) casual conversation that is clever and amuses; or to engage in such conversation