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
handcuff (plural handcuffs)
One ring of a locking fetter for the hand or one pair.
Synonyms: manacle, wristlet
• fetter
• shackle
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.
• (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
16 March 2025
(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”
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