chaff

suomi-englanti sanakirja

chaff englannista suomeksi

1. olki

2. vinoilla, kiusoitella, irvailla

3. tutkanhäirintäsilppu

0. Substantiivi

1. ruumen, akana

2. silppu

3. akanat

4. irvailu, vinoilu

4. Verbi

5. irvailla, vinoilla

chaff englanniksi

1. The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.

(cot)

(ux)

2. {{RQ:Dryden Fables|The Cock and the Fox

3. (quote-book)

4. Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.

5. Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.

6. (RQ:Shakespeare Merchant of Venice)

7. Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.

8. (RQ:Thackeray Pendennis)

9. (RQ:Haggard She)

10. Loose material, e.g. small strips of aluminum foil dropped from aircraft, intended to interfere with radar detection.

(synonyms)

(hyponyms)

11. To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter.

12. To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language.

(syn)

13. {{quote-book|en|year=1851|year_published=1861|author=Henry Mayhew

14. (quote-book)|title=(w)|chapter=Only A Subaltern|location=Boston|publisher=The Greenock Press|page=148|text=Bobby Wick stormed through the tents of his Company, rallying, rebuking, mildly, as is consistent with the Regulations, chaffing the faint-hearted.

15. To cut up (straw or hay) for use as cattle feed.

16. (alt form)