CHAFF
Dictionary entry overview: What does chaff mean?
• CHAFF (noun)
The noun CHAFF has 2 senses:
1. material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
2. foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure
Familiarity information: CHAFF used as a noun is rare.
• CHAFF (verb)
The verb CHAFF has 1 sense:
1. be silly or tease one another
Familiarity information: CHAFF used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CHAFF (noun)
Meaning:
Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
stubble; stalk; shuck; husk; chaff; straw
Hypernyms ("chaff" is a kind of...):
plant material (material derived from plants)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chaff"):
bran (broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting)
Meaning:
Foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("chaff" is a kind of...):
foil (a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal)
• CHAFF (verb)
Meaning:
Be silly or tease one another
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
banter; chaff; jolly; josh; kid
Context example:
After we relaxed, we just kidded around
Hypernyms (to "chaff" is one way to...):
bait; cod; rag; rally; razz; ride; tantalise; tantalize; taunt; tease; twit (harass with persistent criticism or carping)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
