chaff

[US]/tʃɑːf/
[UK]/tʃæf/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. shredded husks of grain or hay
vt. make jokes or teasing remarks

Example Sentences

chaffed her for forgetting the appointment;

women winnow the chaff from piles of unhusked rice.

buffoonery, facetious, chaffing, badinage, bantering, quizzical, waggish.

Test results showed that the infrared radiation intensity of chaff coated with high consistence pyrotechnical powder was lower, and that of the chaff coated with thick pyrote...

Soames checked his instinctive "Not particular"--he would not chaffer with this alien.

separate the wheat from the chaff

seeds surrounded by chaff

chaff in the wind

chaff blown away by the wind

sift through the chaff

separating the chaff from the grain

chaff as a byproduct of wheat processing

chaff used as animal feed

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