as in swipe
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
the mama cat would give her kittens a cuff with a paw whenever they played too rough
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as in bracelet
usually cuffs plural
something that physically prevents free movement
the policeman snapped the cuffs on and led the prisoner away to the car
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as in to sock
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Recent Examples of cuff
Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
While Taylor did appear to be frustrated about something, pointing around the gym, the officer clearly didn’t like what was said and took out his cuffs.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 Feb. 2026
Andrew Martin, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
Judge Hannah Dugan was cuffed, shackled and photographed.
—Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 11 Dec. 2025
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Noun
The classic crewneck sweater keeps you warm without feeling too heavy, and decorative buttons at the cuffs add a small but elegant detail.
—Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
While Taylor did appear to be frustrated about something, pointing around the gym, the officer clearly didn’t like what was said and took out his cuffs.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 Feb. 2026
Verb
At an exhibition of hers that Violet and I had attended years before, Chelsea had greeted us with a gag in her mouth and her hands cuffed behind her back, in the company of a very tall woman in a pink latex dress.
—Andrew Martin, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
Judge Hannah Dugan was cuffed, shackled and photographed.
—Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 11 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cuff
Verb
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Hyperallergic, which first reported the malfunction, noted that a sprinkler head was damaged during preparations for Winter Storm Fern, which socked New York with nearly a foot of snow over the weekend.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
28 Jan. 2026
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A day after much of the Chicago area was socked with a snowstorm that lingered from Saturday night all the way into Sunday afternoon, bitter and dangerous cold settled on the area.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2026
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But boxing out hasn't really been that important.—
Matt Byrne,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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Sports have a rich history in Puerto Rico, from boxing to baseball — but with the exception of Super Bowl Sunday, American football doesn’t typically reach us.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Brookwood junior Collier Stanton extended his arm to the wall, glanced at the scoreboard and slapped the water as his older brother, Baylor, pumped his fist behind the block.—
Ansley Gavlak,
AJC.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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Having already tied his career-high in 3-pointers made, Fielder only had eyes for the basket, even as New Mexico’s Tomislav Buljan slapped through the back of his arm and drew the referee’s whistle.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Feb. 2026
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It can be enjoyed as a salad (be sure to massage the leaves first) or chopped and cooked in stews, soups, curries, and more.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Martha Stewart,
9 Feb. 2026
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Fresh marigold leaves were rinsed, chopped, crushed, centrifuged, filtered, and evaporated.—
Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
6 Feb. 2026
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To unite the Italian host cities, the Olympic flame was passed out of the stadium as Bocelli belted and the torch simultaneously reached two cauldrons.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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Keep in mind, Thomas belted 28 homers with the Washington Nationals in 2023.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
7 Feb. 2026
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Abigail Boyd, an opposition Green lawmaker in the state parliament, said she had been punched by officers while attempting to vacate the site.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
10 Feb. 2026
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But McCalla then got up, pursued Mudd and punched him.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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But tens of thousands of films are made each year, and quite a few of them break the rules, defy conventional narrative expectations and smack us deep in our souls.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
8 Feb. 2026
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Shepard attached the head of a 6-iron golf club to his sample collecting tool and was recorded smacking a couple golf balls across the lunar landscape.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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The memo, which the AP reported is being used to train new officers amid an aggressive expansion of immigration arrests, has fueled confusion and fear about what rights actually apply when ICE comes knocking.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
10 Feb. 2026
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The former is a ring on the bottom of the rock that skids across the ice, and the latter is a band around the sides of the rock that collides with other rocks (ideally knocking an opponent’s rock off the bull’s-eye or nudging your team’s closer to it).—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Cuff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cuff. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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