Definition of handcuff Handcuff

/hæˈndkʌˌf/ - [handkuf] - hand•cuff

We found 10 definitions of handcuff from 7 different sources.

What does handcuff mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: handcufves
handcuff - shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
		cuff, handlock, manacle
		hamper, shackle, trammel, bond a basket usually with a cover

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Wiktionary

handcuff (Noun)
One ring of a locking fetter for the hand or one pair.
handcuff (Verb)
To apply handcuffs to; to manacle. - Hay 1754 .
handcuff (Verb)
To restrain or restrict.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

handcuff (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.
handcuff (v. t.)
To apply handcuffs to; to manacle.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

handcuff
To confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

handcuff
hand′kuf, n. esp. in pl. Hand′cuffs, shackles for the hand locked upon the wrists of a prisoner.—v.t. to put handcuffs on:—pr.p. hand′cuffing; pa.p. hand′cuffed (-kuft). [Hand and cuff.]

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

handcuff
A fastening consisting of an iron ring around the wrist, usually connected by a chain with one on the other wrist; a manacle. Men who have deserted the service are usually manacled in this manner when removed from place to place.

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handcuff, verb, present, 1st person singular of handcuff (infinitive).
handcuff, verb (infinitive).
handcuff, noun, singular of handcuffs.

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