cuff

nounbeating with hands

verbbeat with hands

Word Origin & History

"bottom of a sleeve," mid-14c., cuffe "hand covering, mitten, glove," perhaps somehow from Medieval Latin cuffia "head covering," of uncertain origin. Sense of "band around the sleeve" is first attested 1520s; sense of "hem of trousers" is 1911. Off the cuff "extemporaneously" is 1938 American English colloquial, suggesting an actor or speaker reading from notes jotted on his shirt sleeves rather than learned lines. Cuff links is from 1897.

Example Sentences for cuff

I am starting on a hunt in darkest Deanery for my cuff links.

The blacksmith talked, and Yates listened, putting now and then a mark on his cuff.

Then it was that no cuff nor sharp word was necessary before they could pat him.

But with the master the cuff was always too light to hurt the flesh.

His eyes shone, as he hid the little, sharp knife up his cuff.

He shot his ...

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