handcuff
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈhændˌkʌf/
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esposas
- After the arrest, they secured him with handcuffs to prevent him from escaping.
- handcuff key
- handcuff on his wrist
- handcuff chain
Watching his father being LED in handcuffs, right.
- Watching his father being LED in handcuffs, right.
- They put him in handcuffs and took him out of the school.
- He shook at me and put handcuffs on and he took me to jail.
- They got taken off the floor in handcuffs by the guys in Windbreakers.
- Could be cameras or the teeth of handcuffs closing to fix the arms overhead.
- Culturally, the Spanish word esposas means wife and handcuffs.
- You put your handcuffs through the trap and they open the handcuffs.
- And I said, and then he took me in handcuffs.
- Oh cool, it says you can bedazzle your handcuffs.
- You know, most police officers said, look, I, I joined the department to put handcuffs on people and to drive fast.
Examples
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So the handcuffs can be hidden on there.
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You don't have a handcuff key, do you?
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I put the other handcuff on my free hand and put my head down on the table.
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Let's get these handcuff off, then.
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When my back began to hurt, soldiers took me in handcuffs to a hospital.
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Handcuffs would be a good idea.
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They put the handcuffs on him, put him on the plane and shipped him back.
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They got taken off the floor in handcuffs by the guys in Windbreakers.
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The Inquisitor puts handcuffs on Jace and just frog marches him out.
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He then snaps a handcuff around John's wrist and begins dragging him to the radiator.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
134
5.6
A metal band that locks around the wrist to stop a person from moving their hands
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7.1
A metal U-shaped clamp used to join heavy things together
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8.6
A metal ring that locks around a wrist to stop someone moving
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9.9
A metal shackle that holds someone's hands or feet
A metal loop that fastens around each wrist to stop the hands moving
Antonyms
How Restrained
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Handcuff is simply the combination of hand and cuff, where cuff means a band or cover for the 'wrist', so a handcuff is a metal band that fastens around the wrist to 'hold' or 'restrain' someone.