noun
- beetles of the scarab family, especially cockchafers
Usage: entomology
verb
- bargains or haggles over price
Usage: archaic
Examples
- The chaffers emerged from the soil in late spring.
- Large chaffers buzzed around the porch light.
- The gardener found several chaffers damaging the rose bushes.
- He chaffers with every merchant at the market.
- She never chaffers over the price of necessities.