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The husks of corn or other seed separated by winnowing or threshing

(figurative) Refuse or waste material

Light-hearted or good-natured joking or banter

The subjection of someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior

The dry outer covering of some fruits or seeds

A dried stalk of a cereal plant

To tease someone in a jocular manner

To tell a joke or talk in a playful manner

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Noun

The husks of corn or other seed separated by winnowing or threshing

“In the process of making fine mealie-meal, Maize that is washed clean is put aside, while coarse Bran chaff is separated out.”

Noun

(figurative) Refuse or waste material

flotsam and jetsam

discarded matter

bits and pieces

domestic refuse

secondhand goods

discarded things

white elephants

miscellaneous paraphernalia

ruined building

unused supplies

remaining quantity

remaining number

quantity left over

number left over

part that is left over

number that is left over

quantity that is left over

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“Throw out the chaff and keep only the gold.”

Noun

Light-hearted or good-natured joking or banter

witty conversation

good-humoured mockery

pleasant conversation

double entendres

figures of speech

doubles entendres

double meanings

shaggy-dog stories

shaggy dog stories

practical jokes

acknowledgement^UK

acknowledgment^US

black humour^UK

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“The air was full of good-natured chaff and badinage between persons who had never seen each other before and never expected to again.”

Noun

The subjection of someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior

taking the mickey

pulling someone's chain

slaps in the face

backhanded compliments

backhanded compliment

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Noun

The dry outer covering of some fruits or seeds

protective layer

external surface

protective covering

basic structure

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Noun

A dried stalk of a cereal plant

Verb

To tease someone in a jocular manner

poke mullock at

take the mickey

take the piss out of

make a monkey out of

make jokes about

be sarcastic about

make a monkey of

treat with contempt

give a hard time

hold up to ridicule

hold up to shame

pull someone's leg

treat contemptuously

show contempt for

pull someone's chain

cock a snook at

get on the nerves of

get in the hair of

be on the back of

make someone a laughing stock

expose to ridicule

laugh out of court

make a laughing-stock

drive up the wall

play cat and mouse

rub salt in wound

give someone grief

put through wringer

be a nuisance to

be on your back

rub up the wrong way

get on your nerves

get under your skin

get in your hair

get your back up

breathe down someone's neck

give someone the hump

be on one's case

make things hot for someone

rub the wrong way

get on someone's back

make it hot for someone

bend someone's ear

make your blood boil

put your back up

get on one's nerves

give someone hell

give the business

drive to distraction

hurl insults at

discriminate against

search high heaven

work into lather

get across someone

try your patience

send into a rage

take a rise out of

raise your hackles

get a rise out of

hit where one lives

run up the wrong way

shout catcalls at

make somebody's hackles rise

get on your wick

ruffle one's feathers

lose one's temper

get your dander up

give someone the pip

make someone see red

rattle someone's cage

get up someone's nose

bust someone's balls

find fault with

keep complaining to

drive round the bend

drive round the twist

give a bad time

rattle one's cage

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“They then proceed to sit around him and to chaff him about his female relatives by singing songs of a facetious nature.”

Verb

To tell a joke or talk in a playful manner

take the mickey

pull someone's leg

make a monkey out of

play a practical joke on

get a rise out of

take a rise out of

pull someone's chain

play a practical joke

have a joke with

have a joke on somebody

muck someone about

yank someone's chain

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“I remember feeling rather important at being thus sent for on what seemed a serious occasion, too serious apparently for the boys to chaff about it.”

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