Cuff
Cuff noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
Usage example: the mama cat would give her kittens a cuff with a paw whenever they played too rough
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Synonyms for Cuff
Pick
Pick noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
Usage example: in the days when corporal punishment was permissible, it was not uncommon for an inattentive student to get a sharp pick in the head with a blackboard pointer
Common collocations
| gun | cuff gun | pick gun |
Both words in one sentence
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While accompanying her to pick some papers up from a museum, Wilby accidentally bumps over a box of rings, one of which falls into the cuff of his trousers.
Source: Film / The Shaggy Dog
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