backchat, banter, chaff, give-and-take, jesting, joshing, persiflage, raillery, repartee

barb, crack, dig, gag, gambit, jest, joke, laugh, pleasantry, quip, sally, waggery, wisecrack, witticismdrollness, facetiousness, funniness, hilariousness, humorousness, richnessfooling, kidding, mocking, razzing, ribbing, ridiculinghumor, wit, wordplaynothingschatter, chitchat, gossip, small talk