chaff
noun
the husks of grains and grasses that are separated during threshing.
was chaffing
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past progressiveof chaff.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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She looked at me with sudden suspicion—the idea that I was chaffing her must have crossed her mind.
From The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes by Israel Zangwill
I don't either, Tweddle; I was chaffing, that's all.
From The Tinted Venus A Farcical Romance by Bernard Partridge
Captain Talbot was chaffing me about it yesterday.
From Muslin by George (George Augustus) Moore
I stopped to think, for his tone had changed, and I felt sure he was chaffing me.
From The Amateur Cracksman by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
I was chaffing to-night with the Goualeuse, who thought I was going to beat her, and she ran up Bras Rouge's alley, and I after her; it was as dark as the devil.
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 by Eugène Sue
