cuff - Definition from the CRIME AND LAW topic - SOCIETY

Topic: CRIME AND LAW

cuff
2 verb

cuff2 [transitive]

1 to hit someone lightly, especially in a friendly way:

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She cuffed him playfully on the side of the head.

2SC to put handcuffs on someone

Definition of cuff from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
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