cuffing

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/ˈkʌfɪŋ/

noun

The act by which somebody is cuffed or struck.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of cuff
nouncuffing (countable and uncountable, plural cuffings)

plural cuffings

  1. countableuncountableThe act by which somebody is cuffed or struck.

    I was able to remember that the method seemed right and natural to me in those days, I being born to it and unaware that elsewhere there were other methods; but I was also able to remember that those unresented cuffings made me sorry for the victim and ashamed for the punisher.

    1897, Mark Twain, Following the Equator […] , New York: American Publishing Company
  2. countableuncountableThe act or process of placing handcuffs on a person.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with cuffing

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Cite this entry
APA

cuffing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuffing

MLA

“cuffing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuffing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cuffing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuffing.

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