chaff
noun
the husks of grains and grasses that are separated during threshing.
is chaffing
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present progressiveof chaff (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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At one point Mr Fucarile stops the interview - his new prosthetic leg is chaffing, and he is beginning to blister.
From BBC ā Apr. 15, 2014
Have you ever watched an elderly male or female—an elderly "party," so to speak, who begins to find out that some young wag of the company is "chaffing" him?
From Roundabout Papers by William Makepeace Thackeray
My dear fellow!" cried Prince S., with some annoyance, "don't you see that he is chaffing you?
From The Idiot by Eva M. Martin
Jimmy and Cathy know well enough when their bold leader is chaffing and when he isn't.
From The Enchanted Castle by E. (Edith) Nesbit
Beauregard, with a badly-organized staff, is chaffing over the delay that has occurred in carrying out his own plan of battle.
From The Great Conspiracy, Volume 3 by John Alexander Logan
