reparteenoun [ U ]
uk/ˌrep.ɑːˈtiː/us/ˌrep.ɑːrˈtiː/quick and usually funny answers and remarks in conversation:
Oscar Wilde's plays are full of witty repartee.
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Informal talking & conversation
- a problem shared is a problem halved idiom
- bants
- blarney
- chatter
- chew
- conversation-stopper
- converse
- exchange
- gas
- jaw
- make yourself understood idiom
- natter
- orally
- pass
- pillow talk
- shoot the breeze idiom
- shoptalk
- talk shop idiom
- understand
- wash your dirty linen in public idiom
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