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cuffable

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English

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Etymology

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From cuff +‎ -able.

Adjective

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cuffable (comparative more cuffable, superlative most cuffable)

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