repartee• And so in pleasantjest and repartee a short time was passed.• She didn't want him to have a hurt heart that he hid with bitterrepartee.• Jim and I laughed; it was one of their standard bits of repartee.• The only thing he had in common with Cherry Morello, his stage persona, was a mega-mouth of repartee.• They did not get their photographs signed, but they have had an exchange, a smidgen of repartee with a star.• But, like Ken, she had a devastatingwit and the repartee between them was a joy to listen to.• You will get credit for the quick-thinking repartee of your one success.• The scenes between the sons, all wittyrepartee, came close to a spoof of stageytheatrical speech.
Originrepartee
(1600-1700)Frenchrepartie, from repartir“to reply”