Found 6 hits - Term: cuff, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : 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
see also:
coif
- [2] : 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
see also:
cuffed cuffing
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cuff \cuff\, v. i.
to fight; to scuffle; to box.
1913 webster
while the peers cuff to make the rabble sport.
--dryden.
1913 webster
- [4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
- [5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
cuff
n 1: the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end
of the sleeve or leg syn: turnup
2: shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked
around the wrist; usually used in pairs syn: handcuffs,
handcuff, cuffs, handlock, manacle
v 1: hit with the hand syn: 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, handcuff
see also:
turnup handcuffs handcuff cuffs handlock manacle
whomp
- [6] : 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
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