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cuff
1[ kuhf ]
noun
- a fold or band serving as a trimming or finish for the bottom of a sleeve.
- a turned-up fold, as at the bottom of a trouser leg.
- the part of a gauntlet or long glove that extends over the wrist.
- a separate or detachable band or piece of fabric worn about the wrist, inside or outside of the sleeve.
- an elasticized, ribbed, or reinforced band at the top of a sock or stocking.
- 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.
- a handcuff:
I accessorized my costume with cuffs, a badge, and a toy gun.
- Anatomy. rotator cuff ( def ).
- Furniture. a horizontal strip of veneer used as an ornament on a leg.
- 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)
- to make a cuff or cuffs on:
to cuff a pair of trousers.
- to put handcuffs on:
The officer was quick to cuff the suspect and read him his rights.
- Slang. to start an exclusive relationship with:
You’ve gotta cuff her if you want to keep her.
cuff
1/ kʌf /
noun
- the part of a sleeve nearest the hand, sometimes turned back and decorative
- the part of a gauntlet or glove that extends past the wrist
- the turned-up fold at the bottom of some trouser legs Also called (in eg Britain)turn-up
- off the cuff informal.improvised; extemporary
cuff
2/ kʌf /
verb
- tr to strike with an open hand
noun
- a blow of this kind
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
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Idioms and Phrases
- off the cuff, Informal.
- extemporaneously; on the spur of the moment:
She made those comments off the cuff, and they came back to haunt her later.
- unofficially or informally:
I'm telling you this strictly off the cuff.
- on the cuff, Slang.
- with the promise of future payment; on credit.
- without charge; with no payment expected:
He enjoyed his meal the more because it was on the cuff.
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Example Sentences
And, again, I now confess, I had an occasional Bourbon and stoogie on the cuff.
They create those blouses a lot of times, where they will add a bow or take fabric from another shirt to create the cuff.
Walters took the opportunity to lob some off-the-cuff softball questions.
Of course, Coakley spoke off the cuff and had no one else to blame.
If I could do that off the cuff I would be WAAY more fun at parties!
But Bruno was unwilling to release his victim, and it took a hard cuff and a sharp command to make him let go.
The cuff removed from his right wrist, Black Hood went to a chair beside the desk and calmly sat down.
The president, the vice-presidents, and the stewards were to have three buttons on a slash cuff, and to wear blue pantaloons.
Undress: Short blue jacket with round collar, single-breasted—six buttons in front, and three on each cuff.
With palpable reluctance Stanton drew a gray envelope out of the cuff of his wrapper.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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