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• That cast on his leg chaffs him right smart.From the entry smart
• The P.M. at Bridge afterwards was in a very chaffing mood.2023, Cameron Hazlehurst, Christine Woodland, A Liberal Chronicle in Peace and War, page 427. From the entry chaffing
• Some Wikipedians even wrote to experts, seeking help to separate the wheat from the chaff.2022 July 13, Rachel Cheung, “A Bored Chinese Housewife Spent Years Falsifying Russian History on Wikipedia”, in Vice, archived from the…. From the entry separate the wheat from the chaff
• Steam tables, bains marie, and chaffing dishes require that an accurate external probe thermometer be used.2003, Ronald H. Schmidt, Gary E. Rodrick, Food Safety Handbook, page 511. From the entry bain-marie
• A fan blows air through the chaffer to remove lightweight material known as chaff.2003, William W. Casady, “Grain Harvesting Systems”, in Dennis R. Heldman, editor, Encyclopedia of Agricultural, Food, and Biological…. From the entry chaffer
• The name (and presence of r.s.bb) might deflect much of the chaff.1994 May 3, Jeff Drummond, “the case against r.s.bb.m.”, in rec.sport.baseball (Usenet), archived from the original on 08 Dec 2025. From the entry robomoderator
• The human labour naturally is tired in chaffing work by using ordinary chaff-cutters.1929, The Poona Agricultural College Magazine - Volumes 21-23, page 57. From the entry chaffing
• He blushed a great deal when the others chaffed him for his obvious preference.1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 23, in Of Human Bondage. From the entry declaration
• And he chaffed the women as he served them their ha'porths of barm.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC. From the entry barm
• Sometimes a rumbunctious, chaffing persona emerged and was a little over the top for genteel spinsters to tolerate.2015, Molly Whittington-Egan, “Preface: Into the Cabinet”, in Mrs Guppy Takes a Flight: A Scandal of Victorian Spiritualism, [Castle…. From the entry rambunctious
• The paleae of a receptacle are referred to as chaff.2015, Robert H. Mohlenbrock, “Descriptions and Illustrations”, in Flowering Plants: Asteraceae, Part I (The Illustrated Flora of…. From the entry receptacle
• The wind is the natural winnower, but man can help the wind by exposing the mixed chaff and grain.1908, Jane Ellen Harrison, Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion, page 529. From the entry winnowing fan
• Unwanted echoes usually occur as distributed clutter, as surface clutter (such as land and sea echoes) or as volume clutter (such as rain, chaff).2004, Rajeev Bansal, Handbook of Engineering Electromagnetics, →ISBN, page 405. From the entry surface clutter
• Over the benches lay shirts and gallused trousers, and the chatter and chaff was like many drums and many fifes and many boys and mayhem.2001, Jamie O’Neill, chapter 4, in At Swim, Two Boys. From the entry gallused
• "Now, don't you begin chaffing me.1915, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter CIV, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC. From the entry second sight
• A visitor mentioned that if horses had to be placed on a chaffed straw diet, a small quantity of pollard would prevent scouring.1914, The Journal of the Department of Agriculture of South Australia, page 688. From the entry chaffed
• This he throws up on the winnowing fan against the wind, the wind blows away the chaff and the heavier grain falls to the ground.1908, Jane Ellen Harrison, Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion, page 529. From the entry winnowing fan
• It means to chaff, to joke.1906, George Ade, “What One Man Picked Up in London and Sent Back to His Brother”, in In Pastures New, Toronto, Ont.: The Musson Book…. From the entry spoof
• The cleaning shoe expels lightweight material known as chaff as well as material with intermediate aerodynamic properties, such as straw, from the back of the combine.2003, William W. Casady, “Grain Harvesting Systems”, in Dennis R. Heldman, editor, Encyclopedia of Agricultural, Food, and Biological…. From the entry cleaning shoe
• Otherwise, it is likely that she may be accosted as "dear" or "Sally,"—invited to take "a drop o' tea," or otherwise chaffed by rough women standing akimbo at street doors.1903, Emily Constance Baird Cook, Highways and byways in London, page 430. From the entry akimbo

Meaning of chaff

1. noun The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.
2. noun Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.
3. noun Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.

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How do you use chaff in a sentence?

Chaff is used as a noun and verb. For example: “To separate out the chaff, early cultures tossed baskets of grain into the air and let the wind blow away the lighter chaff.”

What is a short sentence with chaff?

“"Now, don't you begin chaffing me.”

What does chaff mean?

Chaff means the inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.