cuffing

verb

Definition of cuffingnext
present participle of cuff
as in punching

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cuffing
  1. punching
  2. chopping
  3. assaulting
  4. hitting
  5. attacking
  6. slamming
Verb
  • Facebook / East Haven Police Department A man has been arrested after allegedly punching a pregnant woman and biting a medic’s hand in a violent carjacking attempt at a Dunkin’ Donuts drive-thru in Connecticut, police said.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • When the victim refused, Rodriguez began punching her.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of punching
Verb
  • Making chemicals from trees is doable by traditional means — chopping the wood into smaller pieces and then using chemicals and enzymes to pretreat it for further processing.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Advertisement The image of Nixon strolling on the sand or Reagan chopping wood carried the symbolism that California’s political moment had arrived.
    Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of chopping
Verb
  • In the second case in less than a week of Combs assaulting a minor, the more than half a dozen new civil cases from three woman and four men are seeking unspecified damages.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2024
  • In 2019, Brady Mistic, who is also deaf, was charged with resisting arrest and assaulting police officers in Idaho Springs, Colorado.
    Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of assaulting
Verb
  • Detectives believe the man was speeding eastbound on the 4200 block of East Washington Street, before traveling over the center line and hitting the tree.
    Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Able to hide in plain sight, snipers excel at consistently hitting targets (both static and moving) at long range.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of hitting
Verb
  • Some of the Israeli fans added to the tensions, Holla said, by attacking a taxi Wednesday as well as a Palestinian flag.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • The new boss quickly set about completely overhauling the team and their approach, instilling an aggressive, attacking mindset which had been sorely lacking in previous seasons.
    Adam Digby, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of attacking
Verb
  • Last Island hurricane The Last Island hurricane killed 400 people after slamming into the Louisiana coast in August 1856.
    Gina Martinez, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Employees did not respond well to visits from their managers, with some planning to call the police or slamming the door on their supervisors.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of slamming
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