Cuff

[kʌf]

Definition

(noun.) the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg.

(verb.) hit with the hand.

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Definition

(v. t.) To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap.

(v. t.) To buffet.

(v. i.) To fight; to scuffle; to box.

(n.) A blow; esp.,, a blow with the open hand; a box; a slap.

(n.) The fold at the end of a sleeve; the part of a sleeve turned back from the hand.

(n.) 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.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Blow, stroke, box.

v. a. Beat, strike, buffet, box.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Slap, box, smack, punch, pummel, hustle, buffet

ANT:Cudgel, flagellate, thrash, cane, strap, lash, whip

Typist: Margery

Definition

n. a stroke with the open hand.—v.t. to strike with the open hand: to beat.

n. Scotch form of Scruff.—Cuff of the neck,See Scruff."

n. the end of the sleeve near the wrist: a covering for the wrist: a handcuff (q.v.).

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Examples

The case has assumed such an extraordinary aspect since Sergeant Cuff's time, that you may revive his interest in the inquiry. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Sergeant Cuff bowed. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
She answered Sergeant Cuff's inquiry for the landlord, by telling him sharply that her master was up-stairs, and was not to be bothered by anybody. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
For once in his life, the great Cuff stood speechless with amazement, like an ordinary man. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Sergeant Cuff and I went straight to my mistress's room. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Sergeant Cuff made his best acknowledgments. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
The breakfast-bell rang as the two girls disappeared--and even Sergeant Cuff was now obliged to give it up as a bad job! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
He was going to dig, with whatsoever object, for he tucked up his cuffs and spat on his hands, and then went at it like an old digger as he was. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Mrs Merdle's verbs were so pressingly presented to Mr Merdle to conjugate, that his sluggish blood and his long coat-cuffs became quite agitated. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
The curate turned up his coat-cuffs, and applied himself to the cookery with vigour. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Turning up the cuffs of his dress-coat--he had placed his overcoat on a chair--Holmes laid out two drills, a jemmy, and several skeleton keys. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
What he did on those occasions was to turn up his cuffs, stick up his hair, and give us Mark Antony's oration over the body of Caesar. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
Just look at the edges of these coat-cuffs! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Wipe your eyes with the cuffs of your jacket, and don't cry into your gruel; that's a very foolish action, Oliver. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
But I have been kicked and cuffed and sworn at, and at the best only let alone; and what do I owe? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
When he was disobedient she cuffed him, it is true, but she was never cruel to him, and was more often caressing him than chastising him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
He walked after her, and cuffed her once or twice, leisurely, with sudden little blows of his magic white paws. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

Checker: Peggy