cuff
To furnish with cuffsTo furnish with cuffs.
» Tom is in cuffs.
Том у наручниках.
Meaning
6 senses(transitive)To furnish with cuffs.
(transitive)To handcuff.
(slang, transitive)To enter into a committed romantic relationship with (someone).
cuffing season
(transitive)To hit, as a reproach, particularly with the open palm to the head; to slap.
ohrfeigen, einen Klaps geben, abfotzen
(intransitive)To fight; to scuffle; to box.
To buffet.
- hit with the hand
- to get involved in a relationship with another person
- confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs
Examples
47 sentencesTom is in cuffs.
Том у наручниках. — deniko
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
3 languagesBy meaning 1
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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Forms
cuffs, cuffing, cuffed, cuffedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle