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banter n. raillery, badinage, persiflage, pleasantry, jesting, joking,
repartee; chaffing, teasing, chaff; Colloq kidding, ribbing:
Despite the good-natured banter between them, Ray knew that
Stephen really detested him.
bar n. 1 rod, shaft, pole, stick, stake: A heavy iron bar is used
to tamp the dynamite into place in the hole. 2 strip, stripe,
band, belt; streak, line: The company trade mark is a narrow
red bar around the barrel of every ball-point pen. 3 barrier,
obstacle, obstruction, barricade, hindrance, block, deterrent,
impediment; ban, embargo: A steel bar was across the entrance.
Her pride proved a bar to her success. There is a bar against
importing spirits. 4 sandbar, shallow, shoal, bank, sandbank:
Because the keel is too deep, the sloop will be unable to cross
the bar till high tide. 5 tribunal, court, courtroom, lawcourt,
bench: The former mayor was found guilty of corruption at the
bar of public opinion. 6 bar-room, saloon, public house, caf‚,
lounge, cocktail lounge, tavern, taproom, canteen, Brit local,
wine bar; Colloq pub; Slang boozer, gin-mill: I was at the bar
on my third beer when she walked in. 7 counter: We had a quick
lunch at the sandwich bar.
--v. 8 fasten, close up, secure, shut up; lock, lock up,
padlock: We tried to get in through the window, but they had
barred it. 9 block, obstruct, stop, stay, hinder, keep (out),
shut out, exclude, prevent, forbid, prohibit, set aside;
forestall, impede, hamper, retard, balk, barricade; ban,
embargo: After his behaviour, he was barred from the club for a
year. A huge man in an ill-fitting dinner-jacket barred my way.
The regulations bar the import of firearms.
--prep. 10 except (for), excepting, excluding, barring, outside
(of), save for, aside from, but: It's all over now bar the
shouting.
barbarian n. 1 savage, brute: The barbarians wore animal skins. 2 boor,
lowbrow, lout, oaf, clod, churl, philistine, ignoramus, yahoo;
hooligan, vandal, ruffian, tough, Slang Brit yob, yobbo,
skinhead: Those barbarians ought to be denied admittance to the
games.