cuffing

[kuhf-ing]

noun

1. the act of putting handcuffs or other restraints on someone or of having them put on.

2. the act of rolling one's shirt or pant cuffs up, or the resulting rolls of fabric.

3. the act of entering into a romantic relationship (usually used in the phrase cuffing season).

Example Sentences

As the annual tradition of pre-holidays “cuffing season” begins, “I’m finding people in my generation don’t even know what that is. I’m trying to explain it to them,” she says of the dating trend.

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It’s turtlenecks and quality sweaters, buying decorative gourds for an evening dinner party and coupling up for cuffing season, if not longer term.

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These circumstances gave birth to “cuffing season,” a social phenomenon in which single people look for short-term partnerships — aka a fling or someone to “Netflix-and-chill” with — to wait out the year’s colder months.

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The man yelled and twisted around, cuffing Razi on the head.

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Footage from the witness’ cellphone showed the deputy forcefully throwing the woman to the ground before cuffing her soon after.

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