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单词 cluff
释义

cluffn.

Etymology: perhaps < claw v., with echoic modification, representing the ‘buffing’ sound; but compare Latin colaphus in same sense.
northern dialect.
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A blow with the palm of the hand (esp. on the ear or cheek).

Derivatives

cluff v. to strike with the palm of the hand, to cuff.
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1804 R. Anderson et al. Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 104 Rob Lowson..brong snift'ring Gwordie a cluff.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) I'll cluff your lugs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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