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cuff
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?f/
- Rhymes: -?f
Etymology 1
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 *kupj? (“cap”). Cognate with Middle High German kupfe (“cap”).
Noun
cuff (plural cuffs)
- (obsolete) glove; mitten
- the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist
- the end of a pants leg, folded up
- (informal, plural only) handcuffs
Derived terms
- shoot one's cuffs
Related terms
- cufflinks
- turnup
- off-the-cuff
Translations
Verb
cuff (third-person singular simple present cuffs, present participle cuffing, simple past and past participle cuffed)
- (transitive) To furnish with cuffs.
- (transitive) To handcuff.
Translations
Etymology 2
1520, “to hit”, apparently of North Germanic origin, from Norwegian kuffa (“to push, shove”) or Swedish kuffa (“to knock, thrust, strike”), from the Proto-Germanic base *skuf- (sku?), from Proto-Indo-European *skewb?-, see also Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”), Polish skuba? (“to pluck”), Albanian humb (“to lose”).
Germanic cognates include Low German kuffen (“to box the ears”), German kuffen (“to thrash”). More at scuff, shove, scuffle.
Verb
cuff (third-person singular simple present cuffs, present participle cuffing, simple past and past participle cuffed)
- (transitive) To hit, as a reproach, particularly with the open palm to the head; to slap.
- [They] with their quills did all the hurt they could, / And cuff'd the tender chickens from their food.
- (intransitive) To fight; to scuffle; to box.
- While the peers cuff to make the rabble sport.
- To buffet.
- cuffed by the gale
Translations
Noun
cuff (plural cuffs)
- A blow, especially with the open hand; a box; a slap.
- many a bitter kick and cuff
Etymology 3
Noun
cuff (plural cuffs)
- (Scotland) The scruff of the neck.
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maul
English
Etymology
From Middle English malle (“mace, maul”), from Anglo-Norman mail, from Old French mail, from Latin malleus (“hammer”). Doublet of malleus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??l/
- Rhymes: -??l
- Homophone: mall (one pronunciation)
- Homophone: moll (some accents)
Noun
maul (plural mauls)
- A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.
- (rugby) A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier.
Synonyms
- (weapon): club, mace
Hyponyms
- (long-handled hammer): post maul, spike maul, splitting maul
- (rugby): rolling maul
Translations
See also
- ruck
- scrum
Verb
maul (third-person singular simple present mauls, present participle mauling, simple past and past participle mauled)
- To handle someone or something in a rough way.
- To savage; to cause serious physical wounds (usually used of an animal).
- (figuratively) To criticise harshly.
- (transitive) To beat with the heavy hammer called a maul.
Translations
Related terms
- mall
- mallet
References
- maul at OneLook Dictionary Search
- maul in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Lamu, alum, luma, malu, mula
Cimbrian
Noun
maul n
- mouth
References
- “maul” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Estonian
Noun
maul
- adessive singular of magu
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
maul
- imperative of maule
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