Chaff
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- (FIGURATIVE) ធ្វើឲ្យដាច់កំញ្ឆិតកញ្ឆត, គូសឆ្នូត, កាត់ដោយអន្លើ
noun
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- (wheat husks separated from the seed by, threshing or winnowing. anything worthless, good natures teasing) ការណ៍រប៉ិចរប៉ី, ការឥតប្រយោជន៍, ការចំអកលេង, ការនិយាយរំជែ, អង្កាម, ចំបើង, ការចំអត
verb — past tense: chaffed ; past participle: chaffed ; present participle: chaffing ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) (To tease in a good natures way) ហាន់, អង្កន់, ចិញ្ច្រាំ
Example: Kosal was good natures and didn't mind the chaff about he her new haircut, boy's like to chaff each other about girl friends.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
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- The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc.
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- Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything.
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- Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.
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- Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.
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- The scales or bracts on the receptacle, which subtend each flower in the heads of many Compositae, as the sunflower.
verb — past tense: chaffed ; past participle: chaffed ; present participle: chaffing ;
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.