Definition of CHAFFER

chaffer

Plural: chaffers

Verb

Verb Forms: chaffered, chaffering, chaffers

  • To negotiate or haggle over the price of something; to bargain.
  • wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
  • talk socially without exchanging too much information
  • To haggle or barter.
  • To buy.
  • To talk much and idly; to chatter.

Noun

  • bargaining; merchandise
  • A person's mouth.
  • The upper sieve of a cleaning shoe in a combine harvester, where chaff is removed
  • A person who or thing that chaffs.

Examples

  • I tried to CHAFFER for a better score, but the Scrabble rules are absolute.
  • Moisten [or] damp your chaffer: take something to drink.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English chaffare (“bargain, trade”, noun), equivalent to cheap + fare.

Synonyms

chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, haggle, higgle, huckster, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit, bargain, barter, negotiate

Scrabble Score: 18

chaffer: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
chaffer: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
chaffer: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

chaffer: valid Words With Friends Word