cuffing

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cuffing

/ˈkʌfɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ʌfɪŋ

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of cuff

noun cuffings

countable, uncountable The 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.
countable, uncountable The act or process of placing handcuffs on a person.

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@misc{cuffing_2026,
  title = {cuffing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cuffing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}