Word Definition

Cuff

  1. To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap.
  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.
  3. To fight; to scuffle; to box.
  4. The fold at the end of a sleeve; the part of a sleeve turned back from the hand.
  5. To buffet.
  6. A blow; esp.,, a blow with the open hand; a box; a slap.

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