n. 25B6; noun good-natured chaff : BANTER, repartee, teasing, ragging, joking, jesting, raillery, badinage, wisecracks, witticism(s); informal kidding, ribbing; formal persiflage.
25B6; verb the pleasures of chaffing your mates : TEASE, make fun of, poke fun at, rag; informal take the mickey out of, rib, josh, kid, have on, pull someone's leg; Brit. informal wind up; N. Amer. informal goof on, rag on, razz; Austral./NZ informal poke mullock at, poke borak at; informal, dated twit; archaic make sport of.