cuff : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cuff	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for cuff
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cuff n the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg Synonym(s): cuff, turnup shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs Synonym(s): handcuff, cuff, handlock, manacle v hit with the hand Synonym(s): cuff, whomp confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs; "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime" Synonym(s): manacle, cuff, handcuff
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cuff \Cuff\, v. i. To fight; to scuffle; to box. While the peers cuff to make the rabble sport. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cuff \Cuff\, n. A blow; esp.,, a blow with the open hand; a box; a slap. Snatcheth his sword, and fiercely to him flies; Who well it wards, and quitten cuff with cuff. --Spenser. Many a bitter kick and cuff. --Hudibras.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cuff \Cuff\, n. [Perh. from F. coiffe headdress, hood, or coif; as if the cuff were a cap for the hand. Cf. {Coif}.] 1. The fold at the end of a sleeve; the part of a sleeve turned back from the hand. He would visit his mistress in a morning gown, band, short cuffs, and a peaked beard. --Arbuthnot. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. I swear I'll cuff you, if you strike again. --Shak. They with their quills did all the hurt they could, And cuffed the tender chickens from their food. --Dryden. 2. To buffet. [bd]Cuffed by the gale.[b8] --Tennyson.