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cuffable

cuffable adjective: capable of, or suitable for, being hit or struck.

Adjective

cuffable (comparative more cuffable, superlative most cuffable)

  1. Capable of, or suitable for, being hit or struck.
    • […] cuffable heads were precisely those with which a fastidious hand shrank from establishing contact.1925, Paul Selver, Schooling, page 150
  2. (not comparable) Able to have a cuff attached.
    • cuffable tracheostomy tubes

Forms of cuffable

comparativemore cuffable
superlativemost cuffable

Origin of cuffable

From cuff + -able.

Questions about cuffable

What does cuffable mean?
Cuffable means capable of, or suitable for, being hit or struck.
What part of speech is cuffable?
Cuffable is an adjective.

Words near cuffable in the dictionary

  1. cuff out
  2. cuff the carrot
  3. cuff up
  4. cuff-link
  5. cuff-links
  6. cuffable
  7. cuffband
  8. cuffbands
  9. Cuffe
  10. cuffed
  11. cuffed out

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