cuff
6 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
cuffs
plural
cuffs
Britannica Dictionary definition of CUFF
1
2
[count]
US
:
a piece of cloth at the bottom of a pant leg that is folded up
— called also
(British)
turn-up
—
see color picture on this page
3
[count]
:
something that goes around a person's arm like the cuff of a sleeve
—
see also rotator cuff
-
She wore a cuff bracelet.
-
The nurse put a blood-pressure cuff [=a cuff that measures blood pressure] on his arm.
4
off the cuff
:
without being prepared in advance
:
without planning or preparation
—
see also off-the-cuff
-
He talked/spoke off the cuff about his work on the project.
-
I had to give the speech off the cuff.
— cuffed
adjective-
a blouse with cuffed sleeves
-
cuffed pants
2
cuff
/ˈkʌf/
verb
cuffs;
cuffed;
cuffing
2
cuff
/ˈkʌf/
verb
cuffs;
cuffed;
cuffing
Britannica Dictionary definition of CUFF
[+ object]
:
to put (someone) in handcuffs
-
He was cuffed and led away.
—
compare 3cuff
3
cuff
/ˈkʌf/
verb
cuffs;
cuffed;
cuffing
3
cuff
/ˈkʌf/
verb
cuffs;
cuffed;
cuffing
Britannica Dictionary definition of CUFF
[+ object]
:
to hit (someone or something) with the palm of your hand
-
She cuffed the boy on the head/ear.
—
compare 2cuff
— cuff
noun, plural cuffs [count]-
She gave him a cuff on the head/ear.
