CUFF (blow)
NOUNS
► CLUFF a cuff or slap; a blow with the palm of the hand, esp. on the ear or cheek → 1804 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► FAP a cuff, a blow → 1951 Sc.
► HAND-BLOW a cuff, a blow with the hand → 1577-87
► HANDY BLOW a cuff, a blow with the hand → 1587
► KECK a cuff or blow → 1881 Eng. dial.
VERBS
► CLUFF to cuff or slap, to strike with the palm of the hand → 1825 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► FAP to cuff → 1951 Sc.
► GOUFF to strike, to hit, to cuff → 1776 Sc.
Lexicophilia 