Synonyms for cuff
kʌfcuff

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1. cuff

   A blow is a sudden impact, as of a fist or a club; a stroke is a sweeping movement; as, the stroke of a sword, of an oar, of the arm in swimming. A shock is the sudden encounter with some heavy body; as, colliding railway-trains meet with a shock; the shock of battle. A slap is given with the open hand, a lash with a whip, thong, or the like; we speak also of the cut of a whip. A buffet or cuff is given only with the hand; a blow either with hand or weapon. A cuff is a somewhat sidelong blow, generally with the open hand; as, a cuff or box on the ear. A stripe is the effect or mark of a stroke. In the metaphorical sense, blow is used for sudden, stunning, staggering calamity or sorrow; stroke for sweeping disaster, and also for sweeping achievement and success. We say a stroke of paralysis, or a stroke of genius. We speak of the buffets of adverse fortune. Shock is used of that which is at once sudden, violent, and prostrating; we speak of a shock of electricity, the shock of an amputation, a shock of surprise. Compare BEAT.

   Synonyms:
   blow, box, buffet, calamity, concussion, cut, disaster, knock, lash, misfortune, rap, shock, stripe, stroke, thump

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1. cuffverb

   Synonyms:
   slap, box, smack, punch, pummel, hustle, buffet

   Antonyms:
   cudgel, flagellate, thrash, cane, strap, lash, whip

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1. cuff, turnupnoun

   the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg

   Synonyms:
   turnup, handlock, handcuff, manacle

2. handcuff, cuff, handlock, manacleverb

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

   Synonyms:
   turnup, handlock, handcuff, manacle

3. cuff, whompverb

   hit with the hand

   Synonyms:
   whomp, handcuff, manacle

4. manacle, cuff, handcuffverb

   confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs

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

   Synonyms:
   whomp, handcuff, manacle

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1. • Fetter
   • Lap
   • Slap

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1. cuffnoun

   Synonyms:
   blow, stroke, box

2. cuffverb

   Synonyms:
   beat, strike, buffet, box

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1. cuffnoun

   Synonyms:
   box, slap, buffet, manchette (ornamental cuff)

2. cuffverb

   Synonyms:
   box, slap, smite, strike, buffet

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1. List of paraphrases for "cuff":

   wrist, handcuff, bracelet, hose

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1. Paris Davis:

   That was just not something off the cuff, i mean for someone with Sgt. Morgan’s experience in combat to say that he thought [Capt.] Davis should receive a Medal of Honor – that struck me as very profound.

2. David Teuscher:

   In boxing, you have to keep your hands up in front of your face and upper torso to defend the blows, or hold them out in a defensive position, and all of that dramatically affects the rotator cuff tendons, it’s his punching shoulder, not his jab shoulder, but either one you have to be able to hit with both, which means you have to be able to extend it out there.

3. Beverly Green:

   I am not Beverly Green, but from what I understand, you need a cuff( the thing that wraps around your arm and is pumped up) preferably on the upper arm, to get an accurate BP, the cuff compresses the arteries and measures the amount of pressure the heart needs to get blood out to the arteries and the pressure of the arteries when the heart is relaxed.

4. Douglas London:

   Donald Trump was a difficult president to support in terms of trying to give Donald Trump the information Donald Trump needed while still protecting the way we collected it so that Donald Trump wouldn't accidentally or otherwise speak off-the-cuff and mention something that an adversary could use to track down where we had an agent.

5. Clare Mosley:

   For a British home secretary to accuse and castigate ordinary people when the facts of this incident are not yet even known is shocking and disturbing, this is not simply a careless, off-the-cuff emotional response. It is a misleading, opportunistic smoke screen concocted to deflect attention from the multiple warnings Clare Mosley has had about what was clearly going to happen at Napier Barracks.