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Chaff Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Chaff? [n] foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure [n] material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds [v] be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Chaff: banter \| husk \| jolly \| josh \| kid \| shuck \| stalk \| straw \| stubble Related Terms \| Find terms related to Chaff: afterglow \| afterimage \| air \| aluminum foil \| badinage \| balance \| banter \| bark \| barrack \| bones \| bran \| bric-a-brac \| bubble \| butt \| butt end \| candle ends \| capsule \| case \| cattle \| chicken feed \| chickenshit \| chip \| cobweb \| cork \| corn shuck \| cornhusk \| culm \| cut at \| deadwood \| debris \| details \| detritus \| dig at \| dishwater \| down \| draff \| dregs \| dregs of society \| dump on \| dust \| end \| ether \| exchange \| fag end \| fairy \| feather \| filings \| fleer \| flout \| flue \| fluff \| foam \| fooling \| fooling around \| fossil \| froth \| fun \| fuzz \| garbage \| gash \| gibe \| gimcrackery \| give-and-take \| good-natured banter \| gossamer \| harmless teasing \| haze \| hogwash \| holdover \| hull \| husk \| husks \| jab \| jab at \| jacket \| jape \| jeer \| jest \| jive \| joke \| joking \| jolly \| josh \| joshing \| kid \| kidding \| kidding around \| knickknackery \| leavings \| lees \| leftovers \| minutiae \| mock \| mote \| needle \| odds and ends \| offal \| offscourings \| offscum \| orts \| palea \| parings \| peanuts \| peel \| persiflage \| pleasantry \| pod \| pooh \| pooh-pooh \| potsherds \| put down \| put on \| raff \| rag \| ragging \| rags \| rail at \| raillery \| rally \| rallying \| rank out \| raspings \| razz \| refuse \| relics \| remainder \| remains \| remnant \| residue \| residuum \| rest \| revile \| rib \| ride \| ridicule \| riffraff \| rind \| roach \| roast \| rubbish \| ruins \| rump \| sawdust \| scoff \| scourings \| scout \| scrap iron \| scraps \| scum \| shadow \| shards \| shavings \| shell \| shuck \| skin \| slack \| slag \| slam \| slap at \| slop \| slops \| small beer \| small change \| sneer \| sneer at \| sordes \| sponge \| sport \| spume \| straw \| stubble \| stump \| survival \| sweepings \| swill \| swinish multitude \| swipe \| tares \| taunt \| tease \| teasing \| thistledown \| tinfoil \| trace \| trash \| trifles \| trivia \| trumpery \| twit \| twitting \| vermin \| vestige \| wastage \| waste \| waste matter \| wastepaper \| weeds \| window See Also \| bait \| bran \| cod \| foil \| plant material \| rag \| rally \| razz \| ride \| tantalise \| tantalize \| taunt \| tease \| twit Chaff In Webster's Dictionary \Chaff\, n. [AC. ceaf; akin to D. kaf, G. kaff.] 1. The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc. So take the corn and leave the chaff behind. --Dryden. Old birds are not caught with caff. --Old Proverb. 2. Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything. The chaff and ruin of the times. --Shak. 3. Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle. By adding chaff to his corn, the horse must take more time to eat it. In this way chaff is very useful. --Ywatt. 4. Light jesting talk; banter; raillery. 5. (Bot.) The scales or bracts on the receptacle, which subtend each flower in the heads of many Composit[ae], as the sunflower. --Gray. {Chaff cutter}, a machine for cutting, up straw, etc., into ``chaff'' for the use of cattle. \Chaff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chaffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chaffing}.] To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter. \Chaff\, v. t. To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz. Morgan saw that his master was chaffing him. --Thackeray. A dozen honest fellows . . . chaffed each other about their sweethearts. --C. Kingsley.

Chaff Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Chaff?

[n] foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure
[n] material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
[v] be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"

Chaff In Webster's Dictionary

\Chaff\, n. [AC. ceaf; akin to D. kaf, G. kaff.]
1. The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from
   the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc.

         So take the corn and leave the chaff behind.
                                               --Dryden.

         Old birds are not caught with caff.   --Old Proverb.

2. Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character;
   the refuse part of anything.

         The chaff and ruin of the times.      --Shak.

3. Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.

         By adding chaff to his corn, the horse must take
         more time to eat it. In this way chaff is very
         useful.                               --Ywatt.

4. Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.

5. (Bot.) The scales or bracts on the receptacle, which
   subtend each flower in the heads of many Composit[ae], as
   the sunflower. --Gray.

{Chaff cutter}, a machine for cutting, up straw, etc., into
   ``chaff'' for the use of cattle.


\Chaff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chaffed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Chaffing}.]
To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to
banter.


\Chaff\, v. t.
To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in
ironical or bantering language; to quiz.

      Morgan saw that his master was chaffing him.
                                               --Thackeray.

      A dozen honest fellows . . . chaffed each other about
      their sweethearts.                       --C. Kingsley.

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