Cuff Meaning
/kʌf/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounGlove; mitten
nounThe end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist.
Sentence Examples
I'm not good at speaking off the cuff.
Mona answered their questions off the cuff.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The tailor carefully measured the ____ of the shirt sleeve.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I'm not good at speaking off the ____.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English cuffe, coffe (“glove, mitten”), of obscure origin. Perhaps from Old English cuffie (“hood, cap”), from Medieval Latin cofia, cofea, cuffa, cuphia (“helmet, headdress, hood, cap”), from Frankish *kuf(f)ja (“headdress”), from Proto-West Germanic *kuffju, from Proto-Germanic *kupjō (“cap”). Cognate with Middle High German kupfe (“cap”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"This fr how it be, never cuffing another Latina woman from New York ever again💀"
— 2023 April 3, @SoraWasntHere, Twitter, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2024:
"If your promiscuous, men who know females just date around could take advantage of that, plus a lot wouldn't want to cuff a female they know isn't doing pure things."
— 2023 December 14, u/No-Spot2923, “What exactly makes a woman only good enough for sex and flings but not actual commitment?”, in Reddit, r/dating_advice, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2024:
"After my last relationship I was so amped to be happy and single, but it's funny how when you are that it's as if potential SOs gravitate even more. It wasn't too long of that before I naturally got cuffed and I'm happy in a relationship but got damn I do wish I had more time happy and single"
— 2024 March 11, u/MobyDukakis, “Being happy single is not celebrated half as much as being a happy couple.”, in Reddit, r/Showerthoughts, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2024:
"Whenever one of my boys cuffs a girl from the club, all I can do is chuckle and shake my head. We all know how it ends."
— 2024 May 23, @CzarCule, Twitter, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2024:
"I swear I'll cuff you, if you strike again."
— c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The tailor carefully measured the ____ of the shirt sleeve.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I'm not good at speaking off the ____.