raillery
noun
[ ˈreɪləri ]
• good-humoured teasing.
• "she was greeted with raillery from her fellow workers"
Similar:
teasing,
good-humoured mockery,
chaff,
banter,
ragging,
badinage,
japing,
leg-pulling,
ribbing,
joshing,
kidding,
kidology,
josh,
persiflage,
Origin:
mid 17th century: from French raillerie, from railler ‘to rail’ (see rail2).
