cuff
IPA: kˈʌf
noun
- (obsolete) Glove; mitten
- The end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist.
- The end of a pants leg when folded up.
- (informal, plural only) A handcuff.
- A blow, especially with the open hand; a box; a slap.
- (Scotland) The scruff of the neck.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To furnish with cuffs.
- (transitive) To handcuff.
- (transitive) To hit, as a reproach, particularly with the open palm to the head; to slap.
- (intransitive) To fight; to scuffle; to box.
- To buffet.
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Examples of "cuff" in Sentences
- Does the collar match the cuffs
- It is not an off the cuff remark.
- In 2009 the yellow cuffs returned.
- It was on the cuff of the women's suit.
- Dress shirts had in ruffles of fine fabric or lace at the cuffs.
- The cuff is secured around the limb proximal to the operative site.
- Cuffe asked for the companionship of a divine before he was executed.
- Brogan is well known in the comedy clubs for his off the cuff adlib style act.
- A third cuff is connected to one of the aforesaid cuffs by a chain and swivels.
- The coat came up to her knees and featured gold buckles on the cuffs and the waist to give it a sartorial twist.