HANDCUFF

handcuff, cuff, handlock, manacle

(noun) shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs

manacle, cuff, handcuff

(verb) confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs; “The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

handcuff (plural handcuffs)

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

Synonyms: manacle, wristlet

Hypernyms

• fetter

• shackle

Verb

handcuff (third-person singular simple present handcuffs, present participle handcuffing, simple past and past participle handcuffed)

To apply handcuffs to

(figuratively) to restrain or restrict.

Synonyms

• (apply handcuffs to): manacle

Source: Wiktionary


Hand"cuff`, n. Etym: [AS. handcops; hand hand + cosp, cops, fetter. The second part was confused with E. cuffs,]

Definition: 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.

Hand"cuff`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handcuffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Handcuffing.]

Definition: To apply handcuffs to; to manacle. Hay (1754).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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