to talk someone humorously or flippantly, to joke, to make jokes

to speak ill (of), to pronounce or call (one) bad, evil, wicked, to vilify, abuse

dismiss with a joke, laugh something off

laugh a matter off

laughing in a pleasant way, some one's smile to be agreeable

humorously, as a joke, in jest

speak ill of, reproach, scold, chide

to laugh something off, to fend off something while laughing

taunting or deriding in the guise of joking

call bad names, revile, scold, chide, abuse, reproach

to say something slowly, to say with the movement of lips, to say any secret

versify in difficult metre or rhyme

to say in ears, to say sneakily, to tell secretly