Chaffer
Pronunciation
- RP IPA: /ˈtʃæfə/
- US enPR: chăfʹər, IPA: /ˈtʃæfɚ/
- Rhymes: -æfə(ɹ)
Origin 1
From cheap fare.
Full definition of chaffer
Verb
- (intransitive) To haggle or barter.
- DrydenTo chaffer for preferments with his gold.
- 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:But the people looked much like Caleb’s own. They wore dirty robes, chaffered at fruit stalls, spat, scratched.
- To talk much and idly; to chatter.
Noun
chaffer
- Bargaining; merchandise.
Origin 2
Noun
chaffer
(plural chaffers)- (agriculture) The upper sieve of a cleaning shoe in a combine harvester, where chaff is removed
- A fan blows air through the chaffer to remove lightweight material known as chaff.