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cuff

1  [kuhf]
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–noun
1. a fold or band serving as a trimming or finish for the bottom of a sleeve.
2. a turned-up fold, as at the bottom of a trouser leg.
3. the part of a gauntlet or long glove that extends over the wrist.
4. a separate or detachable band or piece of fabric worn about the wrist, inside or outside of the sleeve.
5. an elasticized, ribbed, or reinforced band at the top of a sock or stocking.
6. a band of leather or other material, wider than a collar, sewed around the outside of the top of a shoe or boot to serve as a trimming or finish.
7. a handcuff.
8. Anatomy. a bandlike muscle or group of muscles encircling a body part.
9. Furniture. a horizontal strip of veneer used as an ornament on a leg.
10. Medicine/Medical. an inflatable wrap placed around the upper arm and used in conjunction with a device for recording blood pressure.
–verb (used with object)
11. to make a cuff or cuffs on: to cuff a pair of trousers.
12. to put handcuffs on.
—Idioms
13. off the cuff, Informal.
a. extemporaneously; on the spur of the moment.
b. unofficially or informally: I'm telling you this strictly off the cuff.
14. on the cuff, Slang.
a. with the promise of future payment; on credit.
b. without charge; with no payment expected: He enjoyed his meal the more because it was on the cuff.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME cuffe mitten; perh. akin to OE cuffie cap < ML cuphia coif
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cuff

2  [kuhf]
–verb (used with object)
1. to strike with the open hand; beat; buffet.
–noun
2. a blow with the fist or the open hand; buffet.
Origin:
1520–30; perh. < Scand; cf. LG kuffen, Norw, Sw dial. kuffa to push, shove
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cuff 1   (kŭf)   
n.  

    1. A fold used as trimming at the bottom of a sleeve.

    2. A band, often having an opening with a button closure, at the bottom of a sleeve.

  2. The turned-up fold at the bottom of a trouser leg.

  3. The band at the top of a sock.

  4. The part of a glove that extends over the wrist.

  5. A handcuff.

  6. Medicine An inflatable band, usually wrapped around the upper arm, that is used along with a sphygmomanometer in measuring arterial blood pressure.

tr.v.   cuffed, cuff·ing, cuffs

  1. To form a cuff or cuffs on.

  2. To put handcuffs on.


[Middle English cuffe, mitten.]
cuff 2   (kŭf)   
tr.v.   cuffed, cuff·ing, cuffs
To strike with or as if with the open hand; slap.
n.  A blow or slap with the open hand.

[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
cuff

  1. tv.
    to put a charge on one's bill. : Would you cuff this for me, please?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

cuff  (v.)
"hit," 1530, perhaps from Sw. kuffa "to thrust, push."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: cuff
Pronunciation: 'k&f
Function: noun
1 : an inflatable band that is wrapped around an extremity to control the flow of bloodthrough the part when recording blood pressure with a sphygmomanometer
2 : an anatomical structure shaped like a cuff; especially : ROTATOR CUFF cuff avulsion —Physicians' Current Procedural Terminology>

Main Entry: cuffed
Pronunciation: 'k&ft
Function: adjective
: provided with an often inflatable encircling part cuffed endotrachealtube to provide an air supply while preventing aspiration of foreign material>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

cuff (kŭf)
n.

  1. A bandlike structure encircling a part.

  2. An inflatable band, usually wrapped around the upper arm, that is used along with a sphygmomanometer in measuring arterial blood pressure.

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