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
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
