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 sleeves were close-fitting, with a little plain cuff of crepe.
- 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 brand's Grottaminarda gold or silver metal cuff is $5, and all net proceeds go to YouthAIDS.
- The first thing I see right off the cuff is this group is still in love with LaVey and his plagiarist thoughts!
- The coat came up to her knees and featured gold buckles on the cuffs and the waist to give it a sartorial twist.
- The only other tourism thing that I can think of off the cuff is the Pancho Villa Museum, worth the time if you are in Chihuahua City.
- A cuff from the master and a sharp word had then compelled him to permit their caresses, though he growled and growled under their tiny hands, and in the growl there was no crooning note.
- The cuff is just one element of a tangled web of tubes and wires, EKG leads taped to the hairs of my chest, while a pint of fresh blood drips slowly into an IV line, and oxygen meter taped to my left ring finger that glows red and adds a weird ET vibe to the whole affair.
- An endotracheal tube cuff is not protective against aspiration. 2 For these reasons, Syrup of Ipecac is the preferred method of gastric emptying, provided the patient has a gag reflex, is alert, and is likely to remain so, and provided the substance is not expected to cause seizures. 2,10
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