chaffing

About 0.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Pertaining to rubbing and abrasion.
2. adjective Characterized by teasing and joking.
3. adjective Of or for chaffing (cutting hay or straw into small lengths)
4. verb present participle and gerund of chaff
5. noun The act by which somebody is chaffed; a teasing.

Similar words

husk shuck straw kid stubble stalk jolly banter chaffering chafing

Often followed by

and him the of me each at her with

Word family

chaff chaffed chaffs