Cuff

cuff
    n 1: the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end
         of the sleeve or leg [syn: {cuff}, {turnup}]
    2: shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked
       around the wrist; usually used in pairs [syn: {handcuff},
       {cuff}, {handlock}, {manacle}]
    v 1: hit with the hand [syn: {cuff}, {whomp}]
    2: confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs;
       "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime"
       [syn: {manacle}, {cuff}, {handcuff}]
    

Cuff \Cuff\, n. [Perh. from F. coiffe headdress, hood, or coif;
   as if the cuff were a cap for the hand. Cf. {Coif}.]
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   1. The fold at the end of a sleeve; the part of a sleeve
      turned back from the hand.
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            He would visit his mistress in a morning gown, band,
            short cuffs, and a peaked beard.      --Arbuthnot.
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   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.
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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.
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            I swear I'll cuff you, if you strike again. --Shak.
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            They with their quills did all the hurt they could,
            And cuffed the tender chickens from their food.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   2. To buffet. "Cuffed by the gale." --Tennyson.
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Cuff \Cuff\, v. i.
   To fight; to scuffle; to box.
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         While the peers cuff to make the rabble sport.
                                                  --Dryden.
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Cuff \Cuff\, n.
   A blow; esp.,, a blow with the open hand; a box; a slap.
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         Snatcheth his sword, and fiercely to him flies;
         Who well it wards, and quitten cuff with cuff.
                                                  --Spenser.
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         Many a bitter kick and cuff.             --Hudibras.
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68 Moby Thesaurus words for "cuff":
      Oregon boat, bat, bilbo, blip, blow, bond, bonds, box,
      box the ears, bridle, buffet, bust, camisole, chains, chop, clip,
      clout, collar, cuffs, cut, fetter, flap, gag, gyves, halter,
      hamper, handcuffs, haymaker, hit, hobbles, hopples, irons, lash,
      leading strings, leash, manacle, muzzle, paste, pillory, poke,
      punch, reins, restraint, restraints, shackle, slap, slap the face,
      smack, sock, spank, spat, stocks, straightjacket, strait-waistcoat,
      straitjacket, stranglehold, strike, stripe, swack, tether,
      token punishment, trammel, trammels, wallop, whack, whip, whomp,
      yoke