Phrase Hound found 16 phrases and 10 compound words that contain cuffs. The most common are listed below. Open cuffs in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 16
- double cuffsplural of double cuff: A style of shirt cuff that is folded back on itself and then fastened with a cuff link. Usually considered more formal than a buttoned cuff.
- flex-cuffsplural of flex-cuff: A plastic restraint device, used for quickly and temporarily securing an individual.
- French cuffsplural of French cuff: A style of shirt cuff that is folded back on itself and then fastened with a cuff link. Usually considered more formal than a buttoned cuff.
- zip cuffsdisposable handcuffs made from plastic straps
- rotator cuffsplural of rotator cuff: A set of four smaller muscles in the shoulder responsible for rotating the humerus (upper arm bone).
- shoot one's cuffsTo straighten one's arms with a sudden movement to make the cuffs of one's shirt appear beyond the sleeves of one's coat or jacket.
- cuffs upthird-person singular simple present indicative of cuff up: To handcuff (someone).
- pressure cuffsplural of pressure cuff: A sphygmomanometer consisting of an inflatable cuff that compresses the forearm.
- trumpet cuffsplural of trumpet cuff: A wide, flared cuff of a sleeve on clothing.
- Chinese thumb cuffsplural of Chinese thumb cuff: A Chinese finger trap.
- cuffs on the earplural of cuff on the ear: A box on the ear; a painful smack on the side of the head.
- mousquetaire cuffsplural of mousquetaire cuff: A deep flaring cuff on clothing.
- shooting one's cuffspresent participle and gerund of shoot one's cuffs.
- shoots one's cuffsthird-person singular simple present indicative of shoot one's cuffs: To straighten one's arms with a sudden movement to make the cuffs of one's shirt appear beyond the sleeves of one's coat or jacket.
- shot one's cuffssimple past and past participle of shoot one's cuffs.
- cuffs outthird-person singular simple present indicative of cuff out: To eject violently; to kick out.
Compound words 10
- plasticuffsplastic handcuffs
- fingercuffsA Chinese finger trap.
- flexicuffsdisposable plastic handcuffs similar in appearance to cable ties
- handicuffsHand-to-hand fighting; fisticuffs.
- handycuffsAlternative form of handicuffs (“hand-to-hand fighting”).
- legcuffsplural of legcuff: A fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's legs, and connected by a chain or hinge.
- tailcuffsplural of tailcuff: A cuff, attached to the tail, used to measure blood pressure in small animals.
- zipcuffsAlternative form of zip cuffs: disposable handcuffs made from plastic straps
- countercuffsplural of countercuff: A polemical response.
- pantcuffsplural of pantcuff: A cuff at the bottom of a pair of pants.