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What is the noun for chaff?

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chaff
  1. The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.
  2. By extension, any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.
  3. Loose material, e.g. small strips of aluminum foil, dropped from aircraft specifically to interfere with radar detection.
  4. Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.
  5. Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. bran, hulls, husks, pods, capsules, sheaths, shells, shucks, glumes, pod, shard, seed cases, debris, refuse, rubbish, waste, litter, garbage, scrap, junk, trash, dross, dreck, effluvium, effluvia, deadwood, truck, riffraff, detritus, offal, offscouring, dregs, remains, dust, raffle, spilth, drek, scraps, leavings, sweepings, muck, mullock, grot, leftovers, draff, lumber, gash, offscourings, debitage, raff … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “In the process of making fine mealie-meal, Maize that is washed clean is put aside, while coarse Bran chaff is separated out.”
      “Throw out the chaff and keep only the gold.”
      “The air was full of good-natured chaff and badinage between persons who had never seen each other before and never expected to again.”
chaffer
  1. (agriculture) The upper sieve of a cleaning shoe in a combine harvester, where chaff is removed
chaffing
  1. The act by which somebody is chaffed; a teasing.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. scorn, mockery, derision, ridicule, sneering, scoffing, disparagement, teasing, jeering, sarcasm, disdain, taunting, jibing, ragging, raillery, dig, jeer, taunt, sneer, banter, kidding, contumely, ribbing, gibe, jab, slam, sneers, taunts, chaff, goofing, lampoon, razzing, persiflage, sardonicism, slight, swipe, mimicry, roast, jibes, leer, needling, twitting, derisiveness, put down, winding up, parting shot, taking the mickey, pulling someone's chain, contempt, satire … more
chaffer
  1. bargaining; merchandise
chafferer
  1. One who chaffers; a bargainer.
  2. Examples:
      3. “He turned in an instant from an outraged gentleman to an anxious chafferer recommending his goods.”
chaffering
  1. The act of one who chaffers.
chaffiness
  1. Quality of being chaffy.
chafferings
  1. plural of chaffering
chafferers
  1. plural of chafferer
chaffings
  1. plural of chaffing
  2. Synonyms:
      3. scorn, mockery, derision, ridicule, sneerings, scoffings, disparagement, teasing, jeerings, sarcasm, disdain, tauntings, raggings, raillery, digs, jeers, taunts, sneers, banter, kiddings, contumely, ribbing, gibes, jabs, slam, chaff, lampoons, persiflage, sardonicism, slights, swipe, mimicry, roasts, leers, needlings, twittings, derisiveness, put downs, parting shots, jokings, badinage, satire, wit, disrespect, irony, contempt, repartee, pleasantries, jesting, witticisms … more
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