chaff

Definition of Chaff in English :

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Noun

1. chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble

material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

2. chaff

foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure

Verb

3. banter, chaff, jolly, josh, kid

be silly or tease one another

Example Sentences:
'After we relaxed, we just kidded around'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Chaff

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noun

1.

the mass of husks, etc, separated from the seeds during threshing

2.

finely cut straw and hay used to feed cattle

3.

something of little worth; rubbish (esp in the phrase separate the wheat from the chaff)

4.

the dry membranous bracts enclosing the flowers of certain composite plants

5.

thin strips of metallic foil released into the earth's atmosphere to confuse radar signals and prevent detection

noun

1.

light-hearted teasing or joking; banter

verb

2.

to tease good-naturedly; banter

Chaff

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noun

1.

the husks of wheat or other grain separated in threshing or winnowing

2.

fine-cut hay or straw, used for fodder

3.

anything regarded as worthless

4.

tiny strips of metal foil used to confuse enemy radar

5.

good-natured teasing or joking; banter

6. Botany

the bracts that enclose the individual florets on the receptacles of certain composite heads

verb transitive, verb intransitive

7.

to tease or ridicule in a good-natured way

Chaff

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n.

1. Botany Thin dry bracts or scales, especially:

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

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

2. Finely cut straw or hay used as fodder.

3. Trivial or worthless matter: ignored the picky, unimportant criticisms that were just a lot of chaff.

4. 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.

v. chaffed, chaff·ing, chaffs

v.tr.

To make fun of in a good-natured way; tease: chaffed him for forgetting the appointment.

v.intr.

To engage in playful teasing.

n.

Good-natured teasing; banter.

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