cuffing

基本解释

The tongue offends, and the ears get the cuffing.
是嘴惹的祸，耳朵却挨了耳光。
And he was Palestinian, in the sense that when he strolled through the Jenin streets, familiarly cuffing and glad-handing the children who swarmed round him, he was one of them.
当他漫步穿过杰宁的街道，亲切地轻拍并热情的欢迎挤在他周围的孩子们的时候，在这种意义上，他也是一个巴勒斯坦人，他是他们中的一员。
The next moment he was "showing off" with all his might—cuffing boys, pulling hair, making faces—in a word, using every art that seemed likely to fascinate a girl and win her applause.
接着他就拚命地卖弄炫耀——打别人的耳光，揪头发，做鬼脸——总而言之，凡是可能引起女孩注意，获取她欢心和赞赏的把戏，他都用了。

Mother Vera came out after him with a coat in her hands, cuffing him across the ear and forcing him into it, while the blacksmith and the fishmonger and the man who sold buttons propped Vladisa up in the snow and gave him water.
NEWYORKER: The Tiger’s Wife

The cuffs of a shirt or dress are the parts at the ends of the sleeves, which are thicker than the rest of the sleeve.
&rarrsee turn-up
An off-the-cuff remark is made without being prepared or thought about in advance.
to strike with an open hand