Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to chaff
Participle: chaffed
Gerund: chaffing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | chaff |
| you | chaff |
| he;she;it | chaffs |
| we | chaff |
| you | chaff |
| they | chaff |
Perfect
| I | have chaffed |
| you | have chaffed |
| he;she;it | has chaffed |
| we | have chaffed |
| you | have chaffed |
| they | have chaffed |
Past
| I | chaffed |
| you | chaffed |
| he;she;it | chaffed |
| we | chaffed |
| you | chaffed |
| they | chaffed |
Pluperfect
| I | had chaffed |
| you | had chaffed |
| he;she;it | had chaffed |
| we | had chaffed |
| you | had chaffed |
| they | had chaffed |
Future
| I | will chaff |
| you | will chaff |
| he;she;it | will chaff |
| we | will chaff |
| you | will chaff |
| they | will chaff |
Future Perfect
| I | will have chaffed |
| you | will have chaffed |
| he;she;it | will have chaffed |
| we | will have chaffed |
| you | will have chaffed |
| they | will have chaffed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | chaff |
| you | chaff |
| he;she;it | chaff |
| we | chaff |
| you | chaff |
| they | chaff |
Perfect
| I | have chaffed |
| you | have chaffed |
| he;she;it | have chaffed |
| we | have chaffed |
| you | have chaffed |
| they | have chaffed |
Imperfect
| I | chaffed |
| you | chaffed |
| he;she;it | chaffed |
| we | chaffed |
| you | chaffed |
| they | chaffed |
Pluperfect
| I | had chaffed |
| you | had chaffed |
| he;she;it | had chaffed |
| we | had chaffed |
| you | had chaffed |
| they | had chaffed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would chaff |
| you | would chaff |
| he;she;it | would chaff |
| we | would chaff |
| you | would chaff |
| they | would chaff |
Perfect
| I | would have chaffed |
| you | would have chaffed |
| he;she;it | would have chaffed |
| we | would have chaffed |
| you | would have chaffed |
| they | would have chaffed |
Imperative
| you | chaff |
| we | Let's chaff |
| you | chaff |
Verbs conjugated like 'chaff'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'chaff'
chafe,
chuff,
baff,
chace,
chack,
chafen,
chaffer,
chain,
chair,
chak,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English chaf, from Old English ċeaf, from Proto-West Germanic *kaf. Cognate with Scots caff, Saterland Frisian Sääf, West Frisian tsjêf, Dutch kaf, German Low German Kaff, regional German Kaff.
Sample Sentences
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We were talking about it at mess, yesterday, and chaffing Derby Oaks—until he was as mad as a hatter. [1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 10, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:]
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I’ve fallen asleep on my step as the ’bus was going on, and almost fallen off. I have often to put up with insolence from vulgar fellows, who think it fun to chaff a cad, as they call it. [1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:]
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Bobby Wick stormed through the tents of his Company, rallying, rebuking, mildly, as is consistent with the Regulations, chaffing the faint-hearted[.] [1889, Rudyard Kipling, “Only A Subaltern”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 148:]