cuffed
past simple and past participle ofcuff
cuff
verb[T]
uk/kʌf/us/kʌf/cuffverb[T](HIT)
tohitsomeone withyourhandin alight,jokingway:
Hisbrothercuffed himplayfullyon hisear.
Hitting and beating
- at-risk
- bangsomeoneup
- basher
- bashing
- battered
- brain
- bunch
- butt
- head-butt
- hell
- kick
- knock
- knocksomeone'sblock offidiom
- mess
- swing
- tansomeone'shideidiom
- tar
- wallop
- whop
- whup
cuffverb[T](PUT IN HANDCUFFS)
informal
to put someone'shandsinhandcuffs:
He wasledout of thecourtroomwith hishandscuffed behind his back.
Arresting & charging
- apprehend
- apprehension
- arrest
- assist
- attach
- attachment
- bust
- busted
- collar
- fed
- handcuff
- handcuffs
- house arrest
- knock
- nail
- pick
- picksomeone/somethingup
- post-arrest
- probable cause
- pull
Examplesofcuffed
cuffed
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
He could not defend himself because his wrists and ankles werecuffed.
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They are there to be kicked andcuffed, and they never give any satisfaction, whatever they do.
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If there is a suspicion that a boy with a white skin has beencuffedby a police officer, we hold a full-scale inquiry.
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We have varying degrees of remorse for havingcuffedour own children.
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Is it also true that artificial respiration should have been given by means of a respirator and acuffedendotracheal tube much earlier?
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What in the world caused that boy who voluntarily surrendered himself to become violent when he was 200 miles away from home and lodged in custody and handcuffed?
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Clothing is to be neatly hemmed orcuffedand not rolled to distort the intended length.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Shackled at the ankles, chained at the waist andcuffedat the hands, the prisoner hop-marches through a tunnel nearly 40 feet below the street.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Men's trousers were worncuffedto ankle-length and creased.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If the patient is neurologically impaired, acuffedendotracheal tube inserted beforehand for airway protection.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Corporal punishment was not yet forbidden those days and the children arecuffedon the ears or put into the choal chamber by the teachers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Trousers also began to be worncuffedat the bottom at this time.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Crepe wears a purple and white off the shoulder shirt and red navycuffedjeans.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The officers quickly overpowered him,cuffedhis hands behind his back and called a second squad car for backup.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He first appears wearing light blue pleated andcuffedshorts, and a tucked-in leopard-print shirt with short sleeves.
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- be writ large
- be-writ-large
- beyond
- beyond a joke
- beyond-a-joke
- beyond (all) dispute
- beyond-all-dispute
- beyond a reasonable doubt
- beyond-a-reasonable-doubt
- beyond a shadow of a doubt
- beyond-a-shadow-of-a-doubt
- beyond belief
- beyond-belief
- beyond-belief-repair-recognition
- beyond belief, repair, recognition, etc.
- beyond compare
- beyond-compare
- beyond-excited-serious-angry
- beyond excited, serious, angry, etc.
- beyond me
- beyond-me
- beyond reasonable doubt
- beyond-reasonable-doubt
- beyond the call of duty
- beyond-the-call-of-duty