cuff
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(obsolete)Glove; mitten
- 2.
The end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist.
- 3.
The end of a pants leg when folded up.
- 4.
A surgical procedure in which parts of the body that were not previously connected are stitched together.
- 5.
(informal, plural, plural only)A handcuff.
- 6.
A blow, especially with the open hand; a box; a slap.
- 7.
(Scotland)The scruff of the neck.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To furnish with cuffs.
- 2.
(transitive)To handcuff.
- 3.
(slang, transitive)To enter into a committed romantic relationship with (someone).
cuffing season
- 4.
(transitive)To hit, as a reproach, particularly with the open palm to the head; to slap.
- 5.
(intransitive)To fight; to scuffle; to box.
- 6.
To buffet.
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From Middle English cuffe, coffe (glove, mitten), of obscure origin. Perhaps from Old English cuffie (hood, cap), from cofia, cofea, cuffa, cuphia (helmet, headdress, hood, cap), from *kuf(f)ja (headdress), from *kuffju, from Proto-Germanic *kupjō (cap). Cognate with kupfe.