chaff

n.

1. Botany. Thin dry bracts or scales, especially:
   1. The dry bracts enclosing mature grains of wheat and some other cereal grasses, removed during threshing.
   2. The scales or bracts borne on the receptacle among the small individual flowers of many plants in the composite family.
2. Finely cut straw or hay used as fodder.
3. Trivial or worthless matter: ignored the picky, unimportant criticisms that were just a lot of chaff.
4. Strips of metal, foil, or glass fiber with a metal content, cut into various lengths and having varying frequency responses, that are used to reflect electromagnetic energy as a radar countermeasure. These materials, usually dropped from aircraft, also can be deployed from shells or rockets.

[Middle English chaf, from Old English ceaf.]

chaffy chaf'fy adj.

chaff² (chăf)

v., chaffed, chaff·ing, chaffs.

v.tr.
To make fun of in a good-natured way; tease.

v.intr.
To engage in playful teasing. See synonyms at banter.

n.
Good-natured teasing; banter.

[Possibly alteration of CHAFE or CHAFF¹.]

verb

To tease or mock good-humoredly: banter, joke, josh. Informal kid, rib, ride. Slang jive, rag, razz. See laughter.

noun

Good-natured teasing: badinage, banter, raillery, taunt. Informal ribbing. See laughter.

n. strips of metal foil or metal filings released in the atmosphere from aircraft, or deployed as missiles, to obstruct radar detection or confuse radar-tracking missiles.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

1. chaffed hay; called also chop.
2. the winnowings from a threshing, consisting of awns, husks, glumes and other relatively indigestible materials.

(DOD) Radar confusion reflectors, consisting of thin, narrow metallic strips of various lengths and frequency responses, which are used to reflect echoes for confusion purposes. Causes enemy radar guided missiles to lock on to it instead of the real aircraft, ship, or other platform. See also deception; rope.

1. The thin dry bracts or scales borne among the small individual flowers in the composite, or daisy, family.
2. The dry bracts enclosing mature grains of wheat and some other cereal plants, removed during threshing.

This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)

Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - avner, hakkelse

2.
n. - godmodigt drilleri, metalfoliestrimler til radarforstyrrelse
v. tr. - smådrille, holde sjov med
v. intr. - smådrille

Nederlands (Dutch)
gekscheren met, fijnhakken (b.v. stro), haksel, kaf, plagerij, troep, anti-radarsneeuw

Français (French)
1.
n. - (Agric) balle, menue paille

2.
n. - taquinerie, raillerie, (Aviat) leurres passifs, chaffs
v. tr. - railler, taquiner, (Agric) hacher (la paille)
v. intr. - plaisanter sur

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Spreu, Häcksel

2.
n. - Scherze, Flachserei
v. - spaßen mit, scherzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σανός, άχυρο, χόρτο, πείραγμα, τσίγκλισμα, άχρηστα, σκουπίδια
v. - πειράζω, τσιγκλίζω

Italiano (Italian)
canzonare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - palha (f) ou feno (m) cortado, detrito (m), joio (m)
v. - debulhar, zombar

Русский (Russian)
подтрунивать

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - broma, burla, tomadura de pelo

2.
n. - tomadura de pelo, broma, burla
v. tr. - tomar el pelo a, burlarse de
v. intr. - tomar el pelo a, burlarse de

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - agnar, hackelse (djurföda), skräp, drift
v. - skära hackelse av, skoja (med)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 粗糠, 谷壳, 无价值的东西, 废物, 草料, 秣, 金属箔片

2. 戏弄, 逗弄, 开玩笑, 打趣

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 戲弄, 逗弄
v. intr. - 開玩笑, 打趣

2.
n. - 粗糠, 穀殼, 無價值的東西, 廢物, 草料, 秣, 金屬箔片

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 왕겨, 폐물, 레이더 탐지 방해용 금속편

2.
n. - 놀림
v. tr. - 놀리다
v. intr. - 놀리다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - もみがら, 切りわら, くず, がらくた, からかい, まぐさ, ひやかし
v. - からかう, 刻む

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قش, قشرة الحنطه (فعل) عاكس, مازح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מוץ, חציר, דברים חסרי-ערך, לגלוג, שביבי מתכת המפוזרים באוויר כדי להכשיל פעולת מכ"מ‬
v. tr. - ‮לגלג או התלוצץ שלא על מנת להעליב‬
v. intr. - ‮לגלג או התלוצץ שלא על מנת להעליב‬

If you are unable to view some languages clearly, click here.

To select your translation preferences click here.