repartee, joking, chatting, conversing, badinage, yapping, quips, chitchat, jocular, giggling, chatty, jawing, razzing, jabbered, pleasantries, gabbing, reminiscing, wisecracks, joshed, smirking, conversation, laughing, patter, kibitzing, cackling, teasing, jovial, chuckle, goofing, zingers, guffawing, needling, talking, playfully, chummy, ribbing, tittering, hamming, mingling, gossiping, yammering, chattering, gibes, speechifying, heckling, wiseacre, jibes, jesting, quippy, quipster, barbs, flirtatious, sniping, amusing, natter, overhearing, lunching, yakking, exchanging, chortling, grousing, sarcastic, prattled, zings, testy, mocking, gabby, cussing, peppering, talkative, chirping, extemporizing, preening, amiable, winking, bickering, interjections, fisticuffs, quizzing, lighthearted, jokey, taunting, deadpan, bitching, snippy, tirades, raillery, gregariously, sparring, kvetching, clowning, harangue, chirpy, jousting, sniggering, schmoozing, genially, high jinks, kidded, kibbitz, hijinks, jabbing, banter, horseplay, talk, chatter, gossip, pleasantry, camaraderie, chaff, chat, jostling, sanctimonious, admonitory, alarmist, babyish, blustering, breezy, censorious, cheerful, cheery, deprecatory, despondent, disparaging, disrespectful, drawling, fatherly, flippant, folksy, gruff, guttural

banteringly, tongue-in-cheek

facetious, humorous, humourous