Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic, rare)A polemical response.

Origin

From counter- + cuff (“blow, hit”), first used in the title of the 1589 polemical tract A

From counter- + cuff (“blow, hit”), first used in the title of the 1589 polemical tract A Countercuffe giuen to Martin Iunior by the pseudonymous "venturuous, hardie, and renowned" Cavaliero Pasquill.

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Forms

plural: countercuffs
Singularcountercuff
Pluralcountercuffs

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
counterbalancecounterclockwisecounterfeitcounterfeiter
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