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.