Dictionary Entry
cuff
cuff is a 4-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap.
- 2transitive verb
To buffet.
- 3intransitive verb
To fight; to scuffle; to box.
- 4noun
A blow; esp.,, a blow with the open hand; a box; a slap.
- 5noun
The fold at the end of a sleeve; the part of a sleeve turned back from the hand.
- 6noun
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.
- 7noun
the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg
Synonyms
- 8noun
shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
- 9verb
confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs
"The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime"
- 10verb
hit with the hand
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