Cuff

//kʌf//

Synonyms for "cuff" (93 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (19)

handcuffs manacle bat bilbo blip blow bond bonds box box the ears bridle buffet bust camisole chains chop clip clout

Verb(1 words)

Strong matches (28)

collar cuffs cut fetter flap gag garment gyves halter hamper haymaker hit hobbles hopples irons knock lash leading strings leash muzzle

Verb(5 words)

dash handcuff jerk lambaste manacle

Noun(3 words)

handcuff handlock manacle

Related words (46)

oregon boat parts paste pillory poke punch reins restraint restraints ring scuffle shackle slap slap in the face slap the face smack sock spank spat stocks

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straightjacket strait-waistcoat straitjacket stranglehold strike stripe swack tether token punishment trammel trammels turn up wallop whack whip whomp wristband wristlet yoke

Verb(5 words)

pelt pound tap thwack whomp

Noun(2 words)

turn-up turnup

Related word relations

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11 relation types

More general

11 entries

bond fetter hamper lap overlap shackle slap trammel unify unite

Synonyms

2 entries

handcuffs manacle

Related terms

3 entries

cufflinks off-the-cuff turnup

derived

30 entries

Chinese thumb cuff French cuff countercuff cuff on the ear cuff out cuff the carrot cuff up cuffable cuffband cuffer cuffless cufflike cufflink double cuff fisticuff flex-cuff

Showing 16 of 30 words.

etymologically related_to

3 entries

scuff scuffle shove

has context

1 entries

scotland

is a

2 entries

lap slap

manner of

1 entries

slap

part of

2 entries

leg sleeve

related to

18 entries

blow box buffet cufflinks glove handcuff hit mitten neck off cuff pants reproach scruff shirt slap sleeve

Showing 16 of 18 words.

similar

7 entries

conjoin espouse get hitched with get married hook up with marry wed

Translations

87 translations across 40 languages.

Aromanian

1 entries

mãnichetã noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)

Belarusian

3 entries

абшла́г noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)
абшэ́ўка noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)
манжэ́та noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)

Bulgarian

4 entries

манше́т noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)
манше́т noun (the end of a pants leg, folded up)
ръкавела noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)
пляскам verb (To hit, as a reproach)

Catalan

2 entries

bocamàniga noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)
punyet noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

袖口 noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)

Czech

1 entries

manžeta noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)

Danish

1 entries

manchet noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)

Dutch

2 entries

manchet noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)
voormouw noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)

Emilian

3 entries

peramàn noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)
pulsèin noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)
pulsén noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)

Esperanto

1 entries

manumo noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)

Finnish

4 entries

hihansuu noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)
housunkäänne noun (the end of a pants leg, folded up)
kalvosin noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)
lahkeenkäänne noun (the end of a pants leg, folded up)

French

4 entries

manchette noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)
revers noun (the end of a pants leg, folded up)
gifler verb (To hit, as a reproach)
souffleter verb (To hit, as a reproach)

Galician

1 entries

puño noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)

German

4 entries

Aufschlag noun (the end of a pants leg, folded up)
Bündchen noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)
Hemdmanschette noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)
Hosenaufschlag noun (the end of a pants leg, folded up)

Greek

2 entries

μανσέτα noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)
ρεβέρ noun (the end of a pants leg, folded up)

Hebrew

1 entries

חֵפֶת noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)

Hungarian

1 entries

mandzsetta noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)

Indonesian

1 entries

manset noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)

Irish

1 entries

cufa noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)

Italian

2 entries

orlo noun (the end of a pants leg, folded up)
polsino noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)

Japanese

2 entries

カフ noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)
袖口 noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)

Korean

2 entries

수구 noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)
커프스 noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)

Macedonian

4 entries

манже́тна noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)
манже́тна noun (the end of a pants leg, folded up)
плеснува verb (To hit, as a reproach)
удира шлаканица verb (To hit, as a reproach)

Malay

1 entries

cekak noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)

Navajo

1 entries

látsíín náztʼiʼí noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

mansjett noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

mansjett noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

پاچه noun (the end of a pants leg, folded up)

Polish

2 entries

mankiet noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)
mankiet noun (the end of a pants leg, folded up)

Portuguese

2 entries

barra noun (the end of a pants leg, folded up)
punho noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)

Romanian

3 entries

manșetă noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)
manșetă noun (the end of a pants leg, folded up)
margine noun (the end of a pants leg, folded up)

Russian

3 entries

манже́та noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)
обшла́г noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)
отворо́т noun (the end of a pants leg, folded up)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

bann-dùirn noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)

Slovak

1 entries

manžeta noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)

Spanish

4 entries

bajo noun (the end of a pants leg, folded up)
bastilla noun (the end of a pants leg, folded up)
puño noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)
ruedo noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)

Swedish

1 entries

manschett noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)

Tagalog

1 entries

punyos noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)

Turkish

1 entries

manşet noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)

Ukrainian

2 entries

манже́та noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)
обшла́г noun (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)

Welsh

1 entries

cernodio verb (To hit, as a reproach)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I'm not good at speaking off the cuff.

Source: tatoeba (259203)

I feel somewhat uneasy when I sit on a chair with Japanese clothes. I feel like the wind is blowing in from the cuff of my trousers.

Source: tatoeba (1245051)

Cuff him.

Source: tatoeba (1954267)

Mona answered their questions off the cuff.

Source: tatoeba (2129882)

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