chaff
noun
the husks of grains and grasses that are separated during threshing.
have chaffed
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present perfectof chaff.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, Faulconer’s middle-ground politics have chaffed with some of his party’s conservative activists.
From Washington Times ā Feb. 2, 2021
Scott was perfectly well aware that Opdyke would not have chaffed some of those other girls upon such short acquaintance, and the surety made him restless.
From The Brentons by Wilson C. Dexter
Though for fifteen years you have chaffed me across the table, Slept in my arms and fingered my plunging heart, I scarcely know you; we have not known each other.
From American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany by Various
Two years ago, Martin Hillyard reflected, Harold Jupp or Dennis would have chaffed her roundly about her conquest, and she would have retorted with good humour.
From The Summons by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
And yet they would have "chaffed" him in five minutes after, if they had had the opportunity.
From The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them by Charles Loring Brace
