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Definition chaff

Etymology

From Middle English chaf, from Old English ?eaf, from Proto-Germanic *kaf?.

Noun

chaff (usually uncountable, plural chaffs)

1. The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.
2. Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.
3. (by extension) Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.
4. Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.
5. (military) Loose material, e.g. small strips of aluminum foil dropped from aircraft, intended to interfere with radar detection.

Verb

chaff (third-person singular simple present chaffs, present participle chaffing, simple past and past participle chaffed)

1. (intransitive) To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter.
2. (transitive) To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.

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