'Cuff' definitions:

Definition of 'cuff'

(from WordNet)
noun
The lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg [syn: cuff, turnup]
noun
Shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs [syn: handcuff, cuff, handlock, manacle]
verb
Hit with the hand [syn: cuff, whomp]
verb
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]

Definition of 'Cuff'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Cuff'

From: GCIDE
  • Cuff \Cuff\, v. i. To fight; to scuffle; to box. [1913 Webster]
  • While the peers cuff to make the rabble sport. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Cuff'

From: GCIDE
  • Cuff \Cuff\, n. A blow; esp.,, a blow with the open hand; a box; a slap. [1913 Webster]
  • Snatcheth his sword, and fiercely to him flies; Who well it wards, and quitten cuff with cuff. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • Many a bitter kick and cuff. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Cuff'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Synonyms of 'cuff'

From: Moby Thesaurus

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