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chaff - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'chaff' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Chaff [ n.]
- The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc.
- Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything.
- Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.
- Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.
- The scales or bracts on the receptacle, which subtend each flower in the heads of many Compositae, as the sunflower.
2 . Chaff [ v. i.]
- To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter.
3 . Chaff [ v. t.]
- To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.

Meaning of 'chaff' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . chaff [ v]
Meaning (1):
- be silly or tease one another
Example in sentence:
  • After we relaxed, we just kidded around