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Definition of Handcuff

1. Noun. Shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs.

2. Verb. Confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs. "They want to handcuff the prisoners "; "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime"

Definition of Handcuff

1. n. A fastening, consisting of an iron ring around the wrist, usually connected by a chain with one on the other wrist; a manacle; -- usually in the plural.

2. v. t. To apply handcuffs to; to manacle.

Definition of Handcuff

1. Noun. One ring of a locking fetter for the hand or one pair. ¹

2. Verb. To apply handcuffs to; to manacle. - Hay (1754) ¹

3. Verb. (figuratively) to restrain or restrict. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Handcuff

1. to fetter with restraining cuffs [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Handcuff

handclasps handcloth handcloths handcolour handcops handcraft handcrafted handcrafter handcrafters handcrafting

handcrafts handcraftsman handcraftsmanship handcraftsmanships handcraftsmen handcuff (current term) handcuff artist handcuffed handcuffing handcuffs

handcycle handcycles hande handed handed-down handed down handed in handed off handed out handedly

Literary usage of Handcuff

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monthly Repository of Theology and General Literature (1824)
"Who have tasted Castalian water, Plunge some in the dungeon where PELLICO rots, handcuff the high intellectual sots And hurry the others to slaughter ..."

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