Chaff

Word CHAFF
Character 5
Hyphenation chaff
Pronunciations /tʃæf/

Definitions and meanings of "Chaff"

What do we mean by chaff?

To make fun of in a good-natured way; tease. intransitive verb

To engage in playful teasing. intransitive verb

Good-natured teasing; banter. noun

Thin dry bracts or scales, especially. noun

The dry bracts enclosing mature grains of wheat and some other cereal grasses, removed during threshing. noun

The scales or bracts borne on the receptacle among the small individual flowers of many plants in the composite family. noun

Finely cut straw or hay used as fodder. noun

Trivial or worthless matter. noun

Strips of metal, foil, or glass fiber with a metal content, cut into various lengths and having varying frequency responses, that are used to reflect electromagnetic energy as a radar countermeasure. These materials, usually dropped from aircraft, also can be deployed from shells or rockets. noun

The glumes or husks of wheat, oats, or other grain and grasses, especially when separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing. noun

Straw cut small for the food of cattle. noun

Figuratively, paltry refuse; worthless matter, especially that which is light and apt to be driven by the wind. noun

In botany, the scales or bracts which subtend the individual flowers in the heads of many Compositæ. noun

A name among fishermen for the finer kinds of seaweed. noun

To assail with sarcastic banter or raillery; banter; make game of; ridicule; tease; quiz; worry. Colloq.

Synonyms See taunt.

To use bantering or ironical language by way of ridicule, teasing, or quizzing.

Banter; sarcastic or teasing raillery. noun

To cut into chaff. See chaff, n., 2.

To mix with chaff.

The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.

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

Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.

Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.

Loose material, e.g. small strips of aluminum foil dropped from aircraft, intended to interfere with radar detection.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Chaff

The word "chaff" in example sentences

And the chaff is a great big huge gigantic pile all right! ❋ Unknown (2006)

She would open the hankies every morning after her morning prayers and count out fifteen piles of eighteen cents, eighteen being the corresponding number to the Hebrew letters in the word chaff, meaning life. ❋ Roseanne, Barr (1989)

But I do not know whether the habit of uttering ignoble ones in "chaff" does not at last bring the tone of mind down to the low level. ❋ Unknown (1872)

An effective way to separate the chaff from the wheat is word-of-mouth. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Now Nunchucks are illeagal in Masterbachusetts, my paternalistic commonwealth, yet I needed a flail to beat the chaff from the grain I was growing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Your last argument about the wheat and the chaff is still unconvincing. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The problem with chaff is that it tends to bury good work. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Then I got to the vertical winding stairwell that forces you to be detected and fight through an army of enemies on your way up these stairs (a camera detects you, and chaff is mysteriously unable to disable it ...) ❋ SVGL (2009)

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