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handcuff

[ hand-kuhf ]

noun

  1. a ring-shaped metal device that can be locked around a person's wrist, usually one of a pair connected by a short chain or linked bar; shackle:

    The police put handcuffs on the suspect.



verb (used with object)

  1. to put handcuffs on.
  2. to restrain or thwart (someone) by or as if by handcuffing:

    The amendments handcuffed the committee and prevented further action.

handcuff

/ ˈæԻˌʌ /

verb

  1. tr to put handcuffs on (a person); manacle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. plural a pair of locking metal rings joined by a short bar or chain for securing prisoners, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ܲ·󲹲Իcܴڴ verb (used with object)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of handcuff1

First recorded in 1635–45; hand + cuff 1
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Video showed her lying prone on the street as an officer handcuffed her, noting that she had been shot in the arm.

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This would mean selected high-risk inmates would leave their cell only when handcuffed and escorted by three staff, he told the Guardian newspaper.

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A few months before, she was traveling along Interstate 8 near the southern border and passed an immigration checkpoint where she saw people detained and handcuffed.

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The video is then interrupted by an onscreen message from the Fontana Police Department: “The officer attempts to handcuff the suspect and he resists.”

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Five other men the BBC spoke to described being taken away, blindfolded and handcuffed, kept in dark concrete cells with no access to the outside world.

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