(intransitive) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
(intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
(transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
(transitive) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
(transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing.
chaff
chaff
noun
(figurative) Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.
(military) Loose material, e.g. small strips of aluminum foil dropped from aircraft, intended to interfere with radar detection.
Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.
Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.
The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.
verb
(intransitive) To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter.
(transitive) To cut up (straw or hay) for use as cattle feed.
(transitive) To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.
chaft
chaft
noun
(dialect, Scotland, Northern England) The jaw.
chufa
chufa
noun
Cyperus esculentus, a species of sedge native to warm temperate to subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere having small edible tubers (tiger nuts).