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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cuff \Cuff\ (k?f), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Cuffed} (k?ft); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cuffing}.] [Cf. Sw. kuffa to knock, push,kufva to check, subdue, and E. cow, verb (used with an object) ]
1. To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap.
I swear I'll cuff you, if you strike again. --Shak.
They with their quills did all the hurt they could, And cuffed the tender chickens from their food. --Dryden.
2. To buffet. ''Cuffed by the gale.'' --Tennyson.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cuff \Cuff\, verb (used without an object) To fight; to scuffle; to box.
While the peers cuff to make the rabble sport. --Dryden.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cuff \Cuff\, noun A blow; esp.,, a blow with the open hand; a box; a slap.
Snatcheth his sword, and fiercely to him flies; Who well it wards, and quitten cuff with cuff. --Spenser.
Many a bitter kick and cuff. --Hudibras.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cuff \Cuff\, noun [Perh. from F. coiffe headdress, hood, or coif; as if the cuff were a cap for the hand. Cf. {Coif}.]
1. The fold at the end of a sleeve; the part of a sleeve turned back from the hand.
He would visit his mistress in a morning gown, band, short cuffs, and a peaked beard. --Arbuthnot.
2. Any ornamental appendage at the wrist, whether attached to the sleeve of the garment or separate; especially, in modern times, such an appendage of starched linen, or a substitute for it of paper, or the like.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cuff
noun
1: the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg [syn: {turnup}]
2: shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs [syn: {handcuffs}, {handcuff}, {cuffs}, {handlock}, {manacle}]
verb
1: hit with the hand [syn: {whomp}]
2: confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs; "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime" [syn: {manacle}, {handcuff}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
68 Moby Thesaurus words for "cuff": Oregon boat, bat, bilbo, blip, blow, bond, bonds, box, box the ears, bridle, buffet, bust, camisole, chains, chop, clip, clout, collar, cuffs, cut, fetter, flap, gag, gyves, halter, hamper, handcuffs, haymaker, hit, hobbles, hopples, irons, lash, leading strings, leash, manacle, muzzle, paste, pillory, poke, punch, reins, restraint, restraints, shackle, slap, slap the face, smack, sock, spank, spat, stocks, straightjacket, strait-waistcoat, straitjacket, stranglehold, strike, stripe, swack, tether, token punishment, trammel, trammels, wallop, whack, whip, whomp, yoke
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