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Handcuff

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Noun

1. cuff, handcuff, handlock, manacle

shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs

Verb

2. cuff, handcuff, manacle

confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs

Example Sentences:
'The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Handcuff

see synonyms of handcuff
verb
1. (transitive)
to put handcuffs on (a person); manacle
noun
2. (plural)
a pair of locking metal rings joined by a short bar or chain for securing prisoners, etc

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Handcuff

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noun
1. 
either of a pair of connected metal rings that can be locked about the wrists, as in restraining a prisoner or fastening him to a policeman
usually used in pl.
verb transitive
2. 
to put handcuffs on; manacle
3. 
to check or hinder the activities of

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Handcuff

see synonyms of handcuff
n. often handcuffs
A restraining device consisting of a pair of strong, connected hoops that can be tightened and locked about the wrists and used on one or both arms of a prisoner in custody.
tr.v. hand·cuffed, hand·cuff·ing, hand·cuffs
1. To put handcuffs on (a person).
2. To restrain or render ineffective. See Synonyms at hobble.

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