Cuff

English Meaning

To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap.

1. A fold used as trimming at the bottom of a sleeve.
2. A band, often having an opening with a button closure, at the bottom of a sleeve.
3. The turned-up fold at the bottom of a trouser leg.
4. The band at the top of a sock.
5. The part of a glove that extends over the wrist.
6. A handcuff.
7. Medicine An inflatable band, usually wrapped around the upper arm, that is used along with a sphygmomanometer in measuring arterial blood pressure.
8. To form a cuff or cuffs on.
9. To put handcuffs on.
10. off the cuff In an extemporaneous or informal manner.
11. on the cuff On credit.
12. To strike with or as if with the open hand; slap.
13. A blow or slap with the open hand.