cuff
[verb]
Synonyms: slap, blip, box, buffet, smack, spank, wherret
[noun]
Synonyms: box, buffet, bust, chop, clout, haymaker, paste, poke, punch, slap, smack, sock, spank, spat, swack, hit

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Related Words: bat, blow, clip, wallop

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. cuff¹ /kʌf/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: cuff 'glove' (14-16 centuries)]

1. the end of a sleeve

2. American English a narrow piece of cloth turned upwards at the bottom of a trouser leg Synonym : turn-up British English

3. an action in which you hit someone lightly on the head with your hand open

4. cuffs [plural] handcuffs
⇒ off-the-cuff

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. cuff² verb [transitive]

1. to hit someone lightly, especially in a friendly way:
She cuffed him playfully on the side of the head.

2. to put handcuffs on someone

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

cuff
̈ɪkʌf
See: off-the-cuff , on the cuff

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲