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What (who) is chaff - definition
PROTECTIVE CASINGS OF THE SEEDS OF CEREAL GRAIN
chaff
I. n.
1.
Husks, hulls, glumes.
2.
Refuse, worthless matter.
II. v. a.
Ridicule, mock, scoff, deride, jeer, flout, make fun of, poke fun at (colloq.).
chaff
chaff1 [t??:f, t?af]
¦ noun
1. the husks of grain or other seed separated by winnowing or threshing.
chopped hay and straw used as fodder.
2. strips of metal foil released in the air to obstruct radar detection.
Phrases
separate (or sort) the wheat from the chaff distinguish valuable people or things from worthless ones.
Origin
OE c?f, ceaf, prob. from a Gmc base meaning 'gnaw'; related to chafer.
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chaff2 [t??:f, t?af]
¦ noun light-hearted joking.
¦ verb tease (someone).
Origin
C19: perh. from chafe.
Chaff
·noun Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.
II. Chaff ·noun Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.
III. Chaff ·noun Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything.
IV. Chaff ·vi To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to Banter.
V. Chaff ·noun The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, ·etc.
VI. Chaff ·noun The scales or bracts on the receptacle, which subtend each flower in the heads of many Compositae, as the sunflower.
VII. Chaff ·vt To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to Quiz.
Wikipedia
Chaff
Chaff (; also UK: ) is the dry, scaly protective casing of the seeds of cereal grains or similar fine, dry, scaly plant material (such as scaly parts of flowers or finely chopped straw). Chaff is indigestible by humans, but livestock can eat it. In agriculture it is used as livestock fodder, or is a waste material ploughed into the soil or burned.
Examples of use of chaff
1. The chaff blows away, the grain falls to the ground.
2. Then the market can sort the wheat from the chaff.
3. Golden nutritious wheat in a rotting column of chaff.
4. This was self–exculpatory chaff, a shrug – such speculation always happens, so don‘t get worked up.
5. What they‘re engaged in is stirring up a lot of chaff.