cuff
The end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wristThe end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist.
» Tom is in cuffs.
Том у наручниках.
Meaning
7 sensesThe end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist.
Manschette, Bündchen, Ärmelbündchen
манже́таmanžéta, обшла́гobšlág
манже́таmanžéta, обшла́гobšláh
the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg
The end of a pants leg when folded up.
Aufschlag, Umschlag, Ärmelaufschlag
отворо́тotvorót
A surgical procedure in which parts of the body that were not previously connected are stitched together.
(informal, plural, plural only)A handcuff.
A blow, especially with the open hand; a box; a slap.
(Scotland)The scruff of the neck.
(obsolete)Glove; mitten
Examples
47 sentencesTom is in cuffs.
Том у наручниках.
The policeman put the cuffs on Tom.
Tom answered the question off the cuff.
The police officer put the cuffs on Tom.
The police officers put the cuffs on Tom.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English cuffe, coffe (“glove, mitten”), of obscure origin. Perhaps from Old EnFrom Middle English cuffe, coffe (“glove, mitten”), of obscure origin. Perhaps from Old English cuffie (“hood, cap”), from Medieval Latin cofia, cofea, cuffa, cuphia (“helmet, headdress, hood, cap”), from Frankish *kuf(f)ja (“headdress”), from Proto-West Germanic *kuffju, from Proto-Germanic *kupjō (“cap”). Cognate with Middle High German kupfe (“cap”).
Clipping of handcuff.
1520, “to hit”, apparently of North Germanic origin, from Norwegian kuffa (“to push, shove”) or Swedish kuffa (“to knock, thrust, strike”), from the Proto-Germanic base *skuf- (skuƀ), from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-, see also Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”), Polish skubać (“to pluck”), Albanian humb (“to lose”).
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