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

1. transitive verb. To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap.
2. transitive verb. To buffet.
3. intransitive verb. To fight; to scuffle; to box.
4. noun. A blow; esp.,, a blow with the open hand; a box; a slap.
5. noun. The fold at the end of a sleeve; the part of a sleeve turned back from the hand.
6. noun. 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.
7. noun. the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg

   Synonyms: turnup

8. noun. shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs

   Synonyms: handcuff, handlock, manacle

9. verb. confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs

   "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime"

   Synonyms: handcuff, manacle

10. verb. hit with the hand

    Synonyms: whomp

Synonyms

turnup, handcuff, handlock, manacle, whomp

Common word forms

cuffs, cuffed, cuffer, cuffing, cuffable, cuffless

Words from these letters

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