'Chaff' definitions:

Definition of 'chaff'

(from WordNet)
noun
Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds [syn: chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble]
noun
Foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure
verb
Be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" [syn: kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter]

Definition of 'Chaff'

From: GCIDE
  • Chaff \Chaff\, n. [AC. ceaf; akin to D. kaf, G. kaff.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • So take the corn and leave the chaff behind. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Old birds are not caught with caff. --Old Proverb. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything. [1913 Webster]
  • The chaff and ruin of the times. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle. [1913 Webster]
  • By adding chaff to his corn, the horse must take more time to eat it. In this way chaff is very useful. --Ywatt. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Light jesting talk; banter; raillery. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Bot.) The scales or bracts on the receptacle, which subtend each flower in the heads of many Composit[ae], as the sunflower. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
  • Chaff cutter, a machine for cutting, up straw, etc., into "chaff" for the use of cattle. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Chaff'

From: GCIDE
  • Chaff \Chaff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chaffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Chaffing.] To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Chaff'

From: GCIDE
  • Chaff \Chaff\, v. t. To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz. [1913 Webster]
  • Morgan saw that his master was chaffing him. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
  • A dozen honest fellows . . . chaffed each other about their sweethearts. --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'chaff'

From: Easton
  • Chaff the refuse of winnowed corn. It was usually burned (Ex. 15:7; Isa. 5:24; Matt. 3:12). This word sometimes, however, means dried grass or hay (Isa. 5:24; 33:11). Chaff is used as a figure of abortive wickedness (Ps. 1:4; Matt. 3:12). False doctrines are also called chaff (Jer. 23:28), or more correctly rendered "chopped straw." The destruction of the wicked, and their powerlessness, are likened to the carrying away of chaff by the wind (Isa. 17:13; Hos. 13:3; Zeph. 2:2).

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