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Verb: chaff  chaf
  1. Be silly or tease one another
    "After we relaxed, we just chaffed around"
    - kid, jolly, josh, banter
Noun: chaff  chaf
  1. Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
    - husk, shuck [N. Amer], stalk, straw, stubble
     
  2. Foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure

Derived forms: chaffing, chaffs, chaffed

See also: chaffy

Type of: bait, cod, foil, plant material, plant substance, rag, rally, razz [N. Amer], ride [N. Amer], tantalise [Brit], tantalize, taunt, tease, twit

Encyclopedia: Chaff