off the cuff
prep_phraseEtymology
Purported to be from the habit by after-dinner speakers of jotting a few notes on the cuff of the sleeve.
Definitions
In an off-the-cuff manner.
- McCartney is a showman, not a script-reader. His banter Friday night was fresh, off the cuff.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for off the cuff. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA