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handcuff

(hændkʌf)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense handcuffs, present participle handcuffing, past tense, past participle handcuffed
1. plural noun [oft a pair of NOUN]
Handcuffs are two metal rings which are joined together and can be locked round someone's wrists, usually by the police during an arrest.
He was led away to jail in handcuffs.
2. verb
If you handcuff someone, you put handcuffs around their wrists.
They tried to handcuff him but, despite his injuries, he fought his way free. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: shackle, secure, restrain, fetter More Synonyms of handcuff
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handcuff in British English

(ˈhændˌkʌf)
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

handcuff in American English

(ˈhændˌkʌf)
noun
1. 
a ring-shaped metal device that can be locked around a person's wrist, usually oneof a pair connected by a short chain or linked bar; shackle
The police put handcuffs on the suspect
transitive verb
2. 
to put handcuffs on
3. 
to restrain or thwart (someone) by or as if by handcuffing
The amendments handcuffed the committee and prevented further action
Word origin
[1635–45; hand + cuff1]

Examples of 'handcuff' in a sentence
handcuff

The officers were allegedly handcuffed, arrested and questioned before being released after four hours.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The onlooker said:'The officer then put him in handcuffs.
The Sun (2016)
The steward then dragged him out towards the police who handcuffed him.
The Sun (2012)
He was paraded before the media in handcuffs yesterday.
The Sun (2016)
They pushed her son against a wall and she was arrested and handcuffed.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They found rope and a pair of handcuffs in the back of her car.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The set is sold in two bottles handcuffed together.
The Sun (2012)
The mum of one was then handcuffed and put in leg restraints.
The Sun (2010)
They handcuffed the man and took him away.
The Sun (2010)
She was led away by police in handcuffs.
The Sun (2010)
He appeared in court yesterday blindfolded and handcuffed and was remanded on bail for a fortnight.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He is said to be keen to avoid being publicly arrested and handcuffed.
The Sun (2010)
He then tried to bite other cops before being handcuffed and put in a van.
The Sun (2013)
The handcuffed man tried to shield his face from the attack.
The Sun (2007)
He was taken by ambulance to hospital where police handcuffed him to his bed.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The hosts had placed a pair of handcuffs on our bed.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
She was rescued when an officer clasped his handcuffs around her wrist and pulled her to safety using a length of rope.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The three men and two women were arrested, handcuffed and held in police cells.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
They stop digging and come together, standing side by side as they are handcuffed together and shackled at the ankles.
Clerk, Jayana & Siegel, Ruth Modern Literatures of the Non-Western World: Where the Waters Are Born (1995)
The purses he is receiving are the biggest of his career, but it has turned out to be something of a golden handcuffs deal.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
What made investors angry was a 'golden handcuffs' deal.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And they have recently signed a new two-year golden handcuffs deal with ITV.
The Sun (2007)

In other languages
handcuff

British English: handcuff VERB
If you handcuff someone, you put handcuffs around their wrists.
They tried to handcuff him but, despite his injuries, he fought his way free.
  • American English: handcuff
  • Brazilian Portuguese: algemar
  • Chinese: 手铐
  • European Spanish: esposar
  • French: menotter
  • German: Handschellen anlegen
  • Italian: ammanettare
  • Japanese: 手錠をかける
  • Korean: 수갑을 채우다
  • European Portuguese: algemar
  • Latin American Spanish: esposar
British English: handcuff NOUN
Handcuffs are two metal rings which are joined together and can be locked round someone's wrists, usually by the police during an arrest.
He was led away to jail in handcuffs.
  • American English: handcuffs
  • Brazilian Portuguese: algemas
  • Chinese: 手铐
  • European Spanish: esposas
  • French: menottes
  • German: Handschellen
  • Italian: manette
  • Japanese: 手錠
  • Korean: 수갑
  • European Portuguese: algemas
  • Latin American Spanish: esposas

(verb) 
Definition
to put handcuffs on (a person)
They tried to handcuff him but he fought his way free.
Synonyms
shackle
The robber was shackled and led away.
secure
restrain
Police restrained her on July 28.
fetter
My foes fettered me hand and foot.
manacle
His hands were manacled behind his back.
(plural noun) 
Definition
a linked pair of locking metal rings used for securing prisoners
The suspect was led away to jail in handcuffs.
Synonyms
shackles
cuffs (informal)
fetters
manacles
bracelets (slang)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of fetter
Definition
to tie up in fetters
My foes fettered me hand and foot.
Synonyms
chain,
tie,
tie up,
shackle,
hobble,
hold captive,
manacle,
gyve (archaic),
put a straitjacket on
in the sense of manacle
Definition
to put manacles on
His hands were manacled behind his back.
Synonyms
handcuff,
bind,
confine,
restrain,
check,
chain,
curb,
hamper,
inhibit,
constrain,
shackle,
fetter,
tie someone's hands,
put in chains,
clap or put in irons
in the sense of restrain
Definition
to deprive (someone) of liberty
Police restrained her on July 28.
Synonyms
imprison,
hold,
arrest,
jail,
bind,
chain,
confine,
detain,
tie up,
lock up,
fetter,
manacle,
pinion

Nearby words of
handcuff

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  • handicap

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