English-Thai Dictionary

cuff

N กุญแจมือ  handcuff kun-jae-mue

 

cuff

N ข้อมือ เสื้อ  kor-mue-suea

 

cuff

VT ใส่กุญแจ มือ  handcuff manacle sai-kun-jae-mue

 

cuff

VT ใส่ ข้อมือ เสื้อ  sai-kor-mue-suea

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CUFF

n.[L., Gr. ] 1. A blow with the fist; a stroke; a box.
2. It is used of fowls that fight with their talons.
To be at fisty-cuffs, to fight with blows of the fist.

 

CUFF

v.t.To strike with the fist, as a man; or with talons or wings, as a fowl.

 

CUFF

v.i.To fight; to scuffle.

 

CUFF

n.[This word probably signifies a fold or doubling. ] The fold at the end of a sleeve; the part of a sleeve turned back from the hand.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CUFF

Cuff (kf ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cuffed (k; p. pr. & vb. n. Cuffing.]Etym: [Cf. Sw. kuffa to knock, push, kufva to check, subdue, and E. cow, v. t. ]

 

1. To strike; esp. , to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap. I swear I'll cuff you, if you strike again. Shak. They with their quills did all the hurt they could, And cuffed the tender chickens from their food. Dryden.

 

2. To buffet. "Cuffed by the gale. " Tennyson.

 

CUFF

CUFF Cuff, v. i.

 

Defn: To fight; to scuffle; to box. While the peers cuff to make the rabble sport. Dryden.

 

CUFF

CUFF Cuff, n.

 

Defn: A blow; esp. ,, a blow with the open hand; a box; a slap. Snatcheth his sword, and fiercely to him flies; Who well it wards, and quitten cuff with cuff. Spenser. Many a bitter kick and cuff. Hudibras.

 

CUFF

Cuff, n. Etym: [Perh. from F. coiffe headdress, hood, or coif; as if the cuff were a cap for the hand. Cf. Coif. ]

 

1. The fold at the end of a sleeve; the part of a sleeve turned back from the hand. He would visit his mistress in a morning gown, band, short cuffs, and a peaked beard. Arbuthnot.

 

2. Any ornamental appendage at the wrist, whether attached to the sleeve of the garment or separate; especially, in modern times, such an appendage of starched linen, or a substitute for it of paper, or the like.

 

CUFFY

CUFFY Cuf "fy (k, n.

 

Defn: A name for a negro. [Slang ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

cuff

cuff 1 |kəf kəf | ▶noun 1 the end part of a sleeve, where the material of the sleeve is turned back or a separate band is sewn on. • the part of a glove covering the wrist. • the turned-up end of a trouser leg. • the top part of a boot, typically padded or turned down. • an inflatable bag wrapped around the arm when blood pressure is measured. 2 (cuffs ) informal handcuffs. ▶verb [ with obj. ] informal secure with handcuffs: the man's hands were cuffed behind his back. PHRASES off the cuff informal without preparation: they posed some difficult questions to answer off the cuff | [ as adj. ] : an off-the-cuff remark. [as if from impromptu notes made on one's shirt cuffs. ]DERIVATIVES cuffed adjective [ in combination ] : a double-cuffed striped shirt ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a glove or mitten ): of unknown origin.

 

cuff

cuff 2 |kəf kəf | ▶verb [ with obj. ] strike (someone ) with an open hand, esp. on the head: he cuffed him playfully on the ear. ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] a blow given with an open hand. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin.

 

cufflink

cuff link |ˈkəfˌliNGk kəf lɪŋk | ▶noun (usu. cufflinks ) a device for fastening together the sides of a shirt cuff, often decorative.

 

Oxford Dictionary

cuff

cuff 1 |kʌf | ▶noun 1 the end part of a sleeve, where the material of the sleeve is turned back or a separate band is sewn on. • the part of a glove covering the wrist. • N. Amer. a trouser turn-up. • the top part of a boot, typically padded or turned down. 2 (cuffs ) informal handcuffs. 3 an inflatable bag wrapped round the arm when blood pressure is measured. ▶verb [ with obj. ] informal secure with handcuffs: the man's hands were cuffed behind his back. PHRASES off the cuff informal without preparation: they posed some difficult questions to answer off the cuff | [ as modifier ] : an off-the-cuff remark. [as if from impromptu notes made on one's shirt cuffs. ]DERIVATIVES cuffed adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a glove or mitten ): of unknown origin.

 

cuff

cuff 2 |kʌf | ▶verb [ with obj. ] strike (someone ) with an open hand, especially on the head: he cuffed him playfully on the ear. ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] a blow given with an open hand. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin.

 

cufflink

cuff |link |ˈkʌflɪŋk | ▶noun (usu. cufflinks ) a device for fastening together the sides of a shirt cuff, typically a pair of linked studs or a single plate connected to a short swivelling rod, passed through a hole in each side of the cuff.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

cuff

cuff verb Chris cuffed him on the head: hit, strike, slap, smack, thump, beat, punch; informal clout, wallop, belt, whack, thwack, bash, clobber, bop, sock, boff, slug; archaic smite. PHRASES off the cuff informal 1 an off-the-cuff remark: impromptu, extempore, ad lib; unrehearsed, unscripted, unprepared, improvised, spontaneous, unplanned. 2 I spoke off the cuff: without preparation, without rehearsal, impromptu, ad lib; informal off the top of one's head.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

cuff

cuff verb Cullam grabbed him by the lapels and cuffed him on the head: hit, strike, slap, smack, thump, thwack, beat, punch, swat, knock, rap, box someone's ears; Scottish & N. English skelp; informal clout, wallop, belt, whack, bash, clobber, bop, biff, sock, whop; Brit. informal slosh, dot; N. Amer. informal boff, slug; Austral. /NZ informal dong, quilt; literary smite. PHRASES off the cuff informal 1 an off-the-cuff remark: impromptu, extempore, ad lib; unrehearsed, unscripted, unprepared, improvised, spontaneous, unplanned; offhand, casual; Latin ad libitum; rare extemporaneous. 2 I spoke off the cuff: without preparation, without rehearsal, impromptu, ad lib; spontaneously; Latin ad libitum; informal off the top of one's head, on the spur of the moment; rare extemporaneously.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

cuff

cuff 1 /kʌf /名詞 複 ～s C 1 (ワイシャツなどの )そで口, カフス .2 ｟米 ｠ズボンのすその折り返し (｟英 ｠turn-up ).3 〖～s 〗手錠 (handcuffs ).4 (長手袋の )腕まわり .off the c ú ff ｟くだけて ｠準備なしの [で ], 即席の [に ](→off-the-cuff ).on the c ú ff 掛売りの [で ]; ただの [で ].動詞 他動詞 ｟くだけて ｠〈人 人の手 〉に手錠を掛ける .～́ l ì nk 〖通例 ～s 〗カフスボタン (!cufflinkともつづる; a pair of cuff links と数える ) .

 

cuff

cuff 2 動詞 他動詞 (親しみを込めて )〈人 動物など (の頭 )〉を平手で軽くたたく, 打つ .名詞 複 ～s C (軽い )平手打ち .