cuff

cuff
I
1.
noun
1) (the end of the sleeve (of a shirt, coat etc) near the wrist: Does your shirt have buttons on the cuffs?) puño
2) ((especially American) the turned-up part of a trouser leg.) vuelta

2. verb
(to put handcuffs on (a person): The police cuffed the criminal.) esposar

II
1.
noun
(a blow with the open hand: a cuff on the ear.)

2. verb
(to give such a blow: He cuffed him on the head.) abofetear
cuff n puño
cuff
tr[kʌf]
noun
1 (of sleeve) puño
2 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL (of trousers) dobladillo
plural noun cuffs
1 slang esposas nombre femenino plural
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
off the cuff improvisando
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cuff
tr[kʌf]
transitive verb
1 abofetear, dar un bofetada a
noun
1 bofetada, cachete nombre masculino, bofetón nombre masculino
cuff ['kʌf] vt
: bofetear, cachetear
cuff n
1) : puño m (de una camisa), vuelta f (de pantalones)
2) slap: bofetada f, cachetada f
3) cuffs npl
handcuffs: esposas fpl
cuff (Blow)
n.
• bofetada s.f.
n.
• bocamanga s.f.
• dobladillo s.m.
• doblez s.m.
• mamporro s.m.
• puño (de la camisa) s.m.
v.
• abofetear v.

I kʌf
noun
1)
a) (of sleeve) puño m; (of pants) (AmE) vuelta f or (Chi) bastilla f or (Méx) valenciana f or (RPl) botamanga f
b) (in phrases)

off the cuff — (as adv)

he spoke off the cuff — habló improvisando; (as adj)

an off-the-cuff speech — un discurso improvisado

on the cuff — (AmE)

he let me have the beer on the cuff — me fió la cerveza

c) cuffs pl (handcuffs) (colloq) esposas fpl, pulseras fpl (arg)
2) (blow - on face) cachete m, bofetón m, cachetada f (AmL); (- on head) coscorrón m

a cuff on o (BrE) round the ear — un bofetón


II
transitive verb (strike) darle* un cachete (or coscorrón etc) a

I [kʌf]
1.
N bofetada f
2.
VT abofetear

II
[kʌf]
N [of sleeve] puño m; (US) [of trousers] vuelta f cuffs * (=handcuffs) esposas fpl off-the-cuff
* * *

I [kʌf]
noun
1)
a) (of sleeve) puño m; (of pants) (AmE) vuelta f or (Chi) bastilla f or (Méx) valenciana f or (RPl) botamanga f
b) (in phrases)

off the cuff — (as adv)

he spoke off the cuff — habló improvisando; (as adj)

an off-the-cuff speech — un discurso improvisado

on the cuff — (AmE)

he let me have the beer on the cuff — me fió la cerveza

c) cuffs pl (handcuffs) (colloq) esposas fpl, pulseras fpl (arg)
2) (blow - on face) cachete m, bofetón m, cachetada f (AmL); (- on head) coscorrón m

a cuff on o (BrE) round the ear — un bofetón


II
transitive verb (strike) darle* un cachete (or coscorrón etc) a

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