Chaff

/t͡ʃæf/

Synonyms for "chaff" (241 found)

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Closest matches (49)

Noun(3 words)

afterglow afterimage airaluminum foilbadinage balance banter bark barrack bones branbric-a-bracbubble buttbutt endcandle endscapsule case cattlechicken feed

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chickenshit chip cobweb corkcorn shuckcornhusk culmcut atdeadwood debris deride details detritusdig atdishwater down draff dregsdregs of societydump ondust end ether exchangefag end

Verb(1 words)

banter

Strong matches (72)

fairy feather filings fleer flout flue fluff foam foolingfooling aroundfossil froth fun fuzz garbage gash gibe gimcrackerygive-and-takegood-natured banter

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gossamerharmless teasinghaze hogwash holdover hull husk husks jabjab atjacket jape jeer jest jive joke joking jolly josh joshing kid kiddingkidding aroundknickknackery leavings lees leftover leftovers minutiae mock mote needleodds and endsoffal offscourings offscum orts palea paring parings peanuts peel persiflage pleasantry pod

Noun(4 words)

filter hull josh pare

Verb(3 words)

jolly josh kid

Related words (120)

poke poohpooh poohpooh-pooh potsherds pullput downput onraff rag ragging ragsrail atraillery rally rallyingrank outrasping raspings razz

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refuse relics remainder remains remnant residue residuum rest revile rib ride ridicule riffraff rind rinsing roach roast rubbish ruin ruins rump sawdust scoff scouring scourings scout scrapscrap ironscraps scumscum of the earthshadow shard shards shaving shavings shell shuck skin slack slag slamslap atslop slopssmall beersmall changesneersneer atsordes sponge sport spume straw stubble stump survival sweepings swillswinish multitudeswipe tare tares taunt tease teasing thistledown tinfoil trace trash trifle trifles trivia trumpery twit twitting vermin vestige wastage wastewaste matterwastepaper weed weeds window

Noun(15 words)

prune razz rib rubbish screen separate shuck sift stalk straw stubble tease thresh trash winnow

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More general

27 entries

agricultural processbait byproduct cod content countermeasuredata processingfoilgrain processinginformation processingmaterialmilitary equipmentplant materialplant residueplant substancepostharvest operation

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More specific

14 entries

aluminum foil chaffbarley chaffdata cleaningfoil stripsirrelevant detailjokingjunk dataoutlier removalrailleryrice chafftext cleaningthreshingwheat chaffwinnowing

Collocations

11 entries

aluminum foil chaffdata processinggrain separationmocking banterpruning stepradar chaffrice chafftext cleaningwheat chaffwinnowing actionworthless chaff

Inflections

3 entries

chaffed chaffing chaffs

Derivations

1 entries

chaffing

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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The boss said this group is a real mixed bag. I wonder if he places me with the wheat or the chaff.

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Old birds are not caught with chaff.

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That person's so stingy that he won't even let the mouse have the chaff.

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You really are the chaff of humanity.

Source: tatoeba (5272721)

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