chaff
Third Person
chaffs
Present Participle
chaffing
Past Tense
chaffed
Past Participle
chaffed
1
to tease or mock someone in a playful or good-natured manner
- Yesterday, my friends chaffed me about my new haircut, joking that I looked like a movie star.
- Last week, he chaffs his brother about his fear of spiders, laughing as he waves a plastic spider in his face.
- Tomorrow, they will chaff their coworker about his clumsy mistake during the presentation, but it will all be in good fun.
- If she had known how sensitive he was, she wouldn't have chaffed him about his failed attempt at cooking dinner.
- If you chaff your friends too much, they might start to feel hurt instead of amused.