cuffing

American  

[kuhf-ing] / ˈkʌf ɪŋ /

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).

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Example Sentences

Forget abandoned puppies, this heart-wrenching digital short urged audiences to support an even more worthwhile cause: single women who broke up with their boyfriends before cuffing season.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2022

Christmon told investigators that the minute-long cuffing was not unlike his attempts to engage children he encountered on the beat — whether through squirt gun battles or foot races — and offer them life guidance.

From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2022

Dr. Genden also transplanted the cricoid, cartilage cuffing the trachea, supplanting Ms. Sein’s completely destroyed cricoid.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2021

If you go to a bar in New York during cuffing season, you will overhear long discussions about if “I should say ‘hi’ back?”

From The Guardian • Oct. 2, 2016

Bull set him down and they pretended to box each other, weaving and feinting with exaggerated aggressiveness, cuffing each other on the head and punching each other on the shoulders.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy