Cuff | Mean of cuff in English Dictionary
/ˈkʌf/
- Noun
- the part of a sleeve, glove, etc., that covers the wrist
- a piece of cloth at the bottom of a pant leg that is folded up
- something that goes around a person's arm like the cuff of a sleeve
- She wore a cuff bracelet.
- The nurse put a blood-pressure cuff [=a cuff that measures blood pressure] on his arm.
- without being prepared in advance
- He talked/spoke off the cuff about his work on the project.
- I had to give the speech off the cuff.
- Verb
- to put (someone) in handcuffs
- He was cuffed and led away.
- to hit (someone or something) with the palm of your hand
- She cuffed the boy on the head/ear.