off the cuff
cuff
verb[ T ]
uk /kʌf/ us /kʌf/

cuffverb[T] (HIT)

to hit someone with your hand in a light, joking way: （开玩笑地）轻拍，轻打
His brother cuffed him playfully on his ear.他哥哥开玩笑地在他耳朵上拍了几下。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Hitting and beating
at-risk
bang away
bang someone up
basher
bashing
bunch
butt
fetch
gut punch
hammer
head-butt
hell
kick
mess
swing for someone
tan someone's hideidiom
tar
tonk
wallop
whop

cuffverb[T] (PUT IN HANDCUFFS)

informal
to put someone's hands in handcuffs: （给…）戴手铐
He was led out of the courtroom with his hands cuffed behind his back.他被带下被告席时双手被铐在背后。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Arresting & charging
apprehend
apprehension
arrest
assist
attach
bust
busted
collar
do for someone/something
drugs bust
fed
handcuff
handcuffs
nail
perp walk
pick
pick someone/something up
police action
post-arrest
warrant

cuff | American Dictionary

cuff
noun[ C ]
us/kʌf/

cuffnoun[C] (MATERIAL)

(in a shirt) the thicker material at the end of a sleeve around the wrist, or (in a pair of pants) the turned-up part at the bottom of a leg
cuff
verb[ T ]
us/kʌf/

cuffverb[T] (HIT)

to hit someone with your hand:
The boys cuffed Zackie on the shoulder.

cuffverb[T] (FASTEN)

short form ofhandcuff

Examples of cuff

cuff
Telemetry-capable devices commonly used in home-based telemedicine include electronic blood pressure cuffs, stethoscopes, glucometers, and oximeters.
A few remain unstable, perhaps because they rarely occur in the singular - words for cuffs, shutters, boots, and sideburns.
The pre-composed part could also be backings behind a solo, which could be taught aurally off the cuff.
An appropriately sized cuff was utilized for each patient.
The results are not as good as when the cuff is placed around the membranous urethra.
But the collars, cuffs and hems of linen undergarments signalled a common fascination with cleanliness and display among most social ranks.
The exercises did involve the use of 0.5 and 1 kg ankle and cuff weights.
The cuff is sutured on the mitral annulus but remains within the cavity of the left atrium.
The coronaries were excised as a single disc which was divided into two cuffs.
The lower shank attachment was achieved using small cuffs manufactured from nylon cable loop straps and padded with foam to provide a secure, non-irritating fit.
The cuff had to be manually in-ated, and the sounds were detected by a microphone placed under the cuff.
Pressure (the application of a blood pressure cuff for the arm, or sitting on a lavatory seat for the pelvis) may exacerbate pain.
Pressure (the application of a blood pressure cuff for the arm or sitting on a lavatory seat for the pelvis) may exacerbate pain.
If the artificial sphincter proves unsatisfactory, then the operation can be revised to place the cuff around the membranous urethra.
Visual sensations produced by optic nerve stimulation using an implanted self-sizing spiral cuff electrode.
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