Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.
Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.
Loose material, e.g. small strips of aluminum foil dropped from aircraft, intended to interfere with radar detection.
Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.
The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.
To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter.
To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.
To cut up (straw or hay) for use as cattle feed.
Anything lost by wear or waste.
The amount or proportion of something that is wasted or lost by deterioration or other natural process.
The periodical turnover of personnel in an organisation by death, retirement or resignation, as perceived by those aspiring to promotion or appointment in the organisation.
Goods that are damaged, out of date, reduced, or generally unsaleable, which are destined to be thrown away and which are written off as a loss.
The act of abandoning animal carcasses or parts, usually illegal.