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
Whip and cuff are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Whip" instead the word "Cuff" as a verb or a noun.
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Common collocations
| children | cuff children | whip children |
| Rebecca | cuff Rebecca | whip Rebecca |
Both words in one sentence
- During the fight, someone threw a riding crop and a pair of handcuffs into the ring, which Naomi used to cuff Rebecca and whip her on her upper thighs as she lay prone on the mat.
Source: I Surrender, Suckers
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Whip and Cuff. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cuff/whip
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