chaff in English dictionary

  • chaff

    Meanings and definitions of "chaff"

    • The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.
    • By extension, any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.
    • Loose material dropped from aircraft specifically to interfere with radar detection.
    • (intransitive) To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter.
    • (transitive) To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.
    • noun
      The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.
    • noun
      By extension, any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.
    • noun
      Loose material, e.g. small strips of aluminum foil, dropped from aircraft specifically to interfere with radar detection.
    • noun
      Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.
    • noun
      Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.
    • inedible parts of grain plant
    • excess or unwanted material
    • The dry bracts enclosing mature grains of wheat and some other cereal grasses, removed during threshing.
    • noun
      foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure
    • noun
      material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
    • noun
      Worthless things; rubbish.
      He hopes to separate scientifically supported claims from pseudoscientific chaff.
    • verb
      be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"

    Synonyms of "chaff" in English dictionary

    tantalize, straw, shuck are the top synonyms of "chaff" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of chaff

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