Cuff vs Chuff - What's the difference?
cuff | chuff |
(obsolete) glove; mitten.
The end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist.
The end of a pants leg, folded up.
To hit, as a reproach, particularly with the open palm to the head; to slap.
* Shakespeare
* Dryden
To fight; to scuffle; to box.
* Dryden
To buffet.
* Tennyson
A blow, especially with the open hand; a box; a slap.
* Spenser
* Hudibras
To make noisy puffing sounds, as of a steam locomotive.
* 1912 , Katherine Mansfield, "The Woman At The Store", Selected Short Stories
* 1928 , D. H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover
* 1990 , John Updike, Rabbit at Rest
(British, informal) To break wind.
(scriptwriting, uncountable) Superfluous small talk that is free of conflict, offers no character development, description or insight, and does not advance the story or plot.
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between cuff and chuff
is that cuff is (obsolete) glove; mitten while chuff is (obsolete) swollen with fat.In lang=en terms the difference between cuff and chuff
is that cuff is to fight; to scuffle; to box while chuff is to make noisy puffing sounds, as of a steam locomotive.As nouns the difference between cuff and chuff
is that cuff is (obsolete) glove; mitten or cuff can be a blow, especially with the open hand; a box; a slap while chuff is a coarse or stupid fellow or chuff can be (scriptwriting|uncountable) superfluous small talk that is free of conflict, offers no character development, description or insight, and does not advance the story or plot or chuff can be the vagina.As verbs the difference between cuff and chuff
is that cuff is to furnish with cuffs or cuff can be to hit, as a reproach, particularly with the open palm to the head; to slap while chuff is (slang) to purposefully fail a standardized test in a conspicuous way or chuff can be to make noisy puffing sounds, as of a steam locomotive.As an adjective chuff is
(british) surly or chuff can be (british) pleased.cuff
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) cuffe, .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
1520, “to hit”, apparently of (etyl) origin, from (etyl) . More at (l), (l), (l).Verb
(en verb)- I swear I'll cuff you, if you strike again.
- They with their quills did all the hurt they could, / And cuffed the tender chickens from their food.
- While the peers cuff to make the rabble sport.
- cuffed by the gale
Noun
(en noun)- Snatcheth his sword, and fiercely to him flies; / Who well it wards, and quitten cuff with cuff.
- Many a bitter kick and cuff .
chuff
English
Etymology 1
15th century, dialectical, in noun sense “stupid fellow”. Adjective sense “surly, displeased” from 1832.Synonyms
* (surly) chuffy * (swollen) chuffyEtymology 2
Onomatopoeic. English onomatopoeias Compare chug and puff.Verb
(en verb)- The horses stumbled along, coughing and chuffing .
- ... and the small lit up train that chuffed past in the cutting made it seem like real night.
- The pigeons chuff and chortle off in indignant disappointment.
Noun
(-)Etymology 3
1520s, in sense “swollen with fat”; circa 1860, British dialect, in sense “pleased”. Possibly related to “coarse, stupid, fat-headed” sense.Derived terms
* (pleased) chuffedReferences
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