cuffing

verb

present participle of cuff
as in punching

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cuffing
  1. punching
  2. chopping
  3. slapping
  4. socking
  5. smacking
  6. knocking
  7. assaulting
  8. swatting
Verb
  • An image from a San Francisco police officer's body camera shows an officer punching Kevon Gibson as he is being restrained by other officers.
    — Senior Editor, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • In June, LaBeouf was sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to punching three people outside a New Orleans bar during Mardi Gras.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of punching
Verb
  • Some of the skulls also showed signs of sharp-force trauma, including signs of chopping to one of the skull’s eyes.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026
  • One employee was chopping ginger while sitting on the floor; another, preparing chapatis with a rolling pin, was wearing shorts.
    — Zishaan a Latif, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of chopping
Verb
  • Hochman said the nannies were caught on video spanking, slapping or hitting the children.
    — News Editor, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Residents have reported paying excessive amounts to retrieve their vehicles from tow yards, with companies sometimes slapping extra fees on drivers who contact the police, according to council members.
    — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of slapping
Verb
  • Sugar puts on a big show, crashing a kid’s birthday party in Vega’s backyard, socking him in the eye for good measure.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 17 July 2026
  • For some Americans, yes A weather forecast issued on Monday by the NWS shows heavy snow socking the Northern Plains, Upper Midwest and Great Lakes region this week ahead of Thanksgiving, with some storms poised to strike on the holiday.
    — Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
Definition of socking
Verb
  • But Varma and Shivam Dube (27) upped the ante in the final three overs by smacking 57 runs against Sufyan Moqim, Ayub and Ahmed Daniyal.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Carrington was ejected from the game in the first half after smacking Cunningham across the face during Cunningham's layup attempt.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of smacking
Verb
  • For the hearing impaired, select rooms feature visual fire alarms plus signals for telephone ringing and door knocking.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Political handicapping has a way of knocking people down a couple of notches.
    — Nathan Gonzales CQ-Roll Call, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of knocking
Verb
  • Demolishing universities, assaulting the press, violently resegregating the public sphere, ramming degenerative AI down our throats, incarcerating mere zine makers, the regime is systematically repealing the right to culture.
    — Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Soon after the photo was taken, pro-Chinese Communist Party activists there began assaulting protesters of Xi's authoritarian regime — though there is no evidence Zhang was involved in any attacks.
    — Adam Yamaguchi, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of assaulting
Verb
  • The swatting incident was an escalation in a series of threats to Doe’s safety that have roiled her family this week.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says those threats were likely swatting hoaxes.
    — WCCO Staff, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of swatting
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“Cuffing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cuffing. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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