to cuff
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7.2
- verb
- /kʌf/
:
esposar
- Corbett frowns; it's tough to trudge through the snow with his arms cuffed tightly behind his back.
I was, I was shackled to an officer and I was cuffed in a van.
- I was, I was shackled to an officer and I was cuffed in a van.
- But for some reason, this massive screw officer came down and shouted him out and cuffed him to him.
- And so I went in the room and there's two poachers sitting zip tied, you know, they're flexi cuffed against the wall.
- I'm in a van and they cuffed me like this, so I thought fuck it, help kick that door.
Examples
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Another cop has Frankie cuffed in a straight-backed chair and is taking roundhouse swings at him.
Fiction book (1990) -
Now cuff him to the bed, Eddie.
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Put me in jail, cuff me up.
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But they proceeded to to cuff me and put me in the back of the car.
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In a minute now, they'll find that hand and cuff her.
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"Well," he said when the police cuffed him, "you caught me."
Fiction book (1999) -
Kellaway sits in the rear of the car with his hands cuffed behind his back.
Fiction book (1994) -
The Bohunks pointed to Toney, so the cops cuffed him right there.
Fiction book (1990) -
Before Julie can respond, Burnett's cuffing her to the steering wheel.
Fiction book (1995) -
The officer had to cuff the suspect before placing him in the patrol car.
Synonyms
110
3.6
To put metal rings that lock around someone's wrists to stop them moving
86
4.6
Hold a person or thing so it cannot move freely
35
6.2
To restrain someone with chains or limit their freedom
23
4.4
To tie an animal or object so it cannot move away
19
4.6
To tie someone or something with a chain to keep them from moving
6
6.1
To grab someone by the neck or shirt to stop them
3
8.7
To tie or chain someone's feet to stop them moving freely
1
9.3
To put locked metal rings around someone's wrists to stop them moving
1
9.9
To put metal chains on someone's ankles to stop them moving
To grab and hold someone to stop them
To twist and hold someone's wrist to control them
To hold an opponent's arm so they cannot move it
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
10
5.1
A group of muscles and tendons around the shoulder that hold the upper arm bone in its socket
How Restrained
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cuff meaning to restrain someone comes from the noun 'cuff' for a band or shackle; to cuff someone is simply to put that band on their wrists, so the origin explains the modern meaning of confine or lock up.