cuffing

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʌfɪŋ/

Verb

cuffing

  1. present participle of cuff

Noun

cuffing (plural cuffings)

  1. The act by which somebody is cuffed or struck.
    • Mark Twain, Following the Equator
      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.
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