The Meaning of cuff

• (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.

Synonyms

turnup , handcuff , handlock , manacle , whomp , manacle , handcuff

Homophones

cuffe

Rhymes

acuff , bluff , bruff , buff , chuff , cluff , cuffe , duff , dyestuff , earmuff , enough , fisticuff , fluff , foodstuff , gruff , guff , handcuff , hough , huff , leboeuf , lebouef , luff , macduff , mcduff , mcgeough , mcgough , muff , overstuff , pluff , puff , rebuff , rough , ruf , ruff , schuff , scottsbluff , scruff , scuff , shuff , slough , sluff , snuff , stough , stuff , tough , tuff