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Cuff![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Cuff \Cuff\ (k?f), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cuffed (k?ft); p. pr. & vb. n. Cuffing.] [Cf. Sw. kuffa to knock, push,kufva to check, subdue, and E. cow, v. t. ] 1. To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap. [1913 Webster] I swear I'll cuff you, if you strike again. --Shak. [1913 Webster] They with their quills did all the hurt they could, And cuffed the tender chickens from their food. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To buffet. "Cuffed by the gale." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cuff \Cuff\, v. i.
To fight; to scuffle; to box.
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While the peers cuff to make the rabble sport.
--Dryden.
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Cuff \Cuff\, n.
A blow; esp.,, a blow with the open hand; a box; a slap.
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Snatcheth his sword, and fiercely to him flies;
Who well it wards, and quitten cuff with cuff.
--Spenser.
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Many a bitter kick and cuff. --Hudibras.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Cuff \Cuff\, n. [Perh. from F. coiffe headdress, hood, or coif; as if the cuff were a cap for the hand. Cf. Coif.] [1913 Webster] 1. The fold at the end of a sleeve; the part of a sleeve turned back from the hand. [1913 Webster] He would visit his mistress in a morning gown, band, short cuffs, and a peaked beard. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. Any ornamental appendage at the wrist, whether attached to the sleeve of the garment or separate; especially, in modern times, such an appendage of starched linen, or a substitute for it of paper, or the like. [1913 Webster] Source: WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
cuff
n 1: the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end
of the sleeve or leg [syn: cuff, turnup]
2: shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked
around the wrist; usually used in pairs [syn: handcuff,
cuff, handlock, manacle]
v 1: hit with the hand [syn: cuff, whomp]
2: confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs;
"The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime"
[syn: manacle, cuff, handcuff]
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 68 Moby Thesaurus words for "cuff": Oregon boat, bat, bilbo, blip, blow, bond, bonds, box, box the ears, bridle, buffet, bust, camisole, chains, chop, clip, clout, collar, cuffs, cut, fetter, flap, gag, gyves, halter, hamper, handcuffs, haymaker, hit, hobbles, hopples, irons, lash, leading strings, leash, manacle, muzzle, paste, pillory, poke, punch, reins, restraint, restraints, shackle, slap, slap the face, smack, sock, spank, spat, stocks, straightjacket, strait-waistcoat, straitjacket, stranglehold, strike, stripe, swack, tether, token punishment, trammel, trammels, wallop, whack, whip, whomp, yoke Matching Word(s) Chuff Cuffy Scuff Buff Duff Fuff guff Huff luff Muff Puff Ruff Tuff caff chuff scuff buff duff huff muff puff ruff tuff cff coff
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