cuff
73
2.4
- noun
- /kʌf/
:
puño
- With a little fur collar and cuffs, and wool the color of camel's hair.
- shirt cuffs
- cuff links
- wide cuff
This is the high waisted roll cuff short.
- This is the high waisted roll cuff short.
- She wore lace collar and cuffs.
- And then I can just like keep the cuff exposed, you know, like that's kind of cute, right?
- I love when OK, no, but I do love when they don't sew the cuff.
- Like how cute would this be in pink and white with little matching bows on the cuffs?
- It means trying to give the illusion of spontaneity while surreptitiously looking down at one's cuff for inspiration.
- I am disrespecting and disgracing Emma's cuff.
Examples
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She may feel a slight tugging across the chest, but once the line detaches from the cuff, it will simply slide away.
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Question is, how much cuff is too much cuff?
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So from there, what I like to do is create just that little back cuff that happens with the back of the head.
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It's like it fits right in the cuff of my arm.
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This is the high waisted roll cuff short.
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Now a sleeve cuff is a little bit tighter than the sleeve itself.
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Her brown-sashed dress is embroidered at the neck and cuffs with a cross at the back.
Academic text (2004) -
His socks were soaked, and his boots and cuffs were glazed with ice.
Fiction book (1990) -
And with the leftover fabric, I think we're going to create a wide leg pair of pants with a very generous cuff on it and a matching shirt.
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He rolled up the cuff of his trousers to avoid getting them wet in the rain.
Synonyms
1
3.5
A turned-up edge at the bottom of a pant leg
A folded edge at the end of a sleeve or trouser leg that makes a visible cuff
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
10
5.1
A group of muscles and tendons around the shoulder that hold the upper arm bone in its socket
How Formal
34
5.8
73
2.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cuff meaning the end of a sleeve originally meant a 'band' or turned-back edge at the wrist, like a little cloth 'bracelet', which is why the cuff is the finished edge of a sleeve or trouser leg.