Definition of “off the cuff”

"A Department of Trade and Industry spokeswoman said that Mr Griffiths had been speaking off the cuff.

Although this behaviour may seem very natural and off the cuff , it is often the result of very thorough preparation and rehearsal.

Jack was always off the cuff , doing things not necessarily by the book, but still getting the results.

Sri Lanka's kamikaze openers Sanath Jayasuriya and Romesh Kaluwitharana made a reality of an off the cuff remark Warne made a day earlier.

The comments on Taiwan, which became the unintended media focus of his trip, may have been off the cuff , but they weren't accidental.

`I - we- cannot simply accept an accusation as damning as that off the cuff.

off the cuff : Sorcar carefully tucks the object under his sleeve or in the furrow of his palm in quick motions.