chafe

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I chafe real hard when Miguel says "file a bug and we'll look at it", because...Xamarin's taking money.

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soreness and warmth caused by friction; "he had a nasty chafe on his knee"

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noun

soreness and warmth caused by friction; "he had a nasty chafe on his knee"

noun

anger produced by some annoying irritation

verb

become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for chafe.

noun

soreness and warmth caused by friction; "he had a nasty chafe on his knee"

noun

anger produced by some annoying irritation

verb

become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

verb

feel extreme irritation or anger; "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation"

verb

cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

verb

tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading; "This leash chafes the dog's neck"

verb

cause friction; "my sweater scratches"

verb

warm by rubbing, as with the hands

Example sentences

I chafe real hard when Miguel says "file a bug and we'll look at it", because...Xamarin's taking money.

Our duty is to be supportive and help comb through the chafe to help find the diamond tech, content, and comments.

I like Gruber's writing and often chafe at some of the less-insightful things people have to say about him, but I agree 100% with Dan here.

They don't chafe because they convey truths about a intangible reality they may not even be able to perceive.

After having been here for almost 5 years, I can suss out the wheat from the chafe, and I like hearing the variety of opinions regardless of their credentials.

A lot of people seem to chafe at these principles because they convey truths about a intangible reality they may not even be able to perceive.

While it's great to see Microsoft innovating like this and pushing their product aggressively forward, it must really chafe with their OEM community.

That means little material and padding, perhaps some kind of strap fasteners that chafe, and walking with the ankle unnaturally contorted on the high heel.

You seem to be creating a false dichotomy: "caring about abstractions and caring about scalability are opposing goals", so that you can ascribe one side of a nonexistent spectrum to go.>But if you're not on a large problem, that 10% of repetition will chafe you...Except that is simply not the case.