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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024chaff1 /tʃæf/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- the outer coverings of seeds of grains separated during beating or threshing:to separate the wheat from the chaff.
- something worthless;
refuse:Your paper has some good ideas but it's hard to find them in all the chaff.
chaff2 /tʃæf/USA pronunciation v. - to tease;
ridicule slightly;
kid: [~ + object]The schoolkids liked to chaff him about his ears.[no object]just chaffing around.
n. [uncountable] - good-natured teasing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024chaff1 (chaf, chäf ),USA pronunciation n. - the husks of grains and grasses that are separated during threshing.
- straw cut up for fodder.
- worthless matter;
refuse. - Botanythe membranous, usually dry, brittle bracts of the flowers of certain plants.
- MilitaryAlso called window. strips of metal foil dropped by an aircraft to confuse enemy radar by creating false blips.
- bef. 1000; Middle English chaf, Old English ceaf; cognate with Middle Low German, Dutch kaf
- to mock, tease, or jest in a good-natured way;
banter:She chaffed him for working late. They joked and chaffed with each other.
n. - good-natured ridicule or teasing;
raillery.
- perh. from chaff1 1640–50
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