chaffs
- present tense form of chaff (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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“One American can relish hugely the entertainment afforded when one quizzical Englishman chaffs his shy, ineloquent countrymen without expecting all other Americans to shake with laughter at the same spectacle,” Woollcott wrote.
From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2014
He snarls as well as chaffs at a world with the gout.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. Sherman waxed enthusiastic on your 'old-world courtesy' and the General, who chaffs the old lady, remarked that she had been equally laudatory before she discovered your rank.
From The Duke Decides by Hill, Headon
Everybody chaffs everybody else in this house pretty freely.
From The Rebellion of Margaret by Twidle, Arthur
Sunday school, Church-going, prayers given up because Jem chaffs so about them.
From Boys their Work and Influence by Anonymous
