The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.

Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.

(figurative) Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.

Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.

(military) Loose material, e.g. small strips of aluminum foil dropped from aircraft, intended to interfere with radar detection.

(intransitive) To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter.

(transitive) To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.

(transitive) To cut up (straw or hay) for use as cattle feed.