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cuff

noun as in beating with hands

verb as in beat with hands

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Mittens with zippers will also be easier to put on and take off, and extra-long cuffs that fit under the jacket will help them stay in place.

The company also makes a skiing version with a waxed canvas cuff you can cinch.

For skiing, the cuff of the glove should cover your entire wrist.

You can make it long if you want your mittens to cover a part of your forearm, or you can make it short if you just want a simple cuff.

The cuff is adjustable to manage your exposure depending on the weather and it’s thin enough to fit underneath a helmet.

And, again, I now confess, I had an occasional Bourbon and stoogie on the cuff.

They create those blouses a lot of times, where they will add a bow or take fabric from another shirt to create the cuff.

Walters took the opportunity to lob some off-the-cuff softball questions.

Of course, Coakley spoke off the cuff and had no one else to blame.

If I could do that off the cuff I would be WAAY more fun at parties!

But Bruno was unwilling to release his victim, and it took a hard cuff and a sharp command to make him let go.

The cuff removed from his right wrist, Black Hood went to a chair beside the desk and calmly sat down.

The president, the vice-presidents, and the stewards were to have three buttons on a slash cuff, and to wear blue pantaloons.

Undress: Short blue jacket with round collar, single-breasted—six buttons in front, and three on each cuff.

With palpable reluctance Stanton drew a gray envelope out of the cuff of his wrapper.

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On this page you'll find 73 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cuff, such as: belt, sock, biff, box, buffet, and chop.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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