clout vs cuff

clout

noun
  • A blow with the hand. 

  • A clout nail. 

  • The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head. 

  • Influence or effectiveness, especially political. 

  • A home run. 

verb
  • To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage, patch, or mend with a clout. 

  • To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole. 

  • To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree. 

  • To hit, especially with the fist. 

  • To join or patch clumsily. 

cuff

noun
  • A blow, especially with the open hand; a box; a slap. 

  • The scruff of the neck. 

  • handcuffs 

  • the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist 

  • the end of a pants leg, folded up 

verb
  • To hit, as a reproach, particularly with the open palm to the head; to slap. 

  • To fight; to scuffle; to box. 

  • To buffet. 

  • To furnish with cuffs. 

  • To handcuff. 

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