handcuff

Speech parts

1. handcuff - Noun

2. handcuff - Verb

Meaning

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.

To apply handcuffs to; to manacle.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

manacle cuff fetter pinion hold tether truss bridle hobble trammel chain iron secure bond tie
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Antonyms

deliverance death allow release emancipation explain
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Hypernyms

fetter trammel bond hamper shackle

Derivatives

handcuffed handcuffing

Examples

The best ethics course is to handcuff one of the bastards. George W. Bush

The last watch I wore felt like a handcuff. When I need to know the time, I check my cell phone. Regina Brett

America is a nation of experts without roots; we are always creating tacticians who are blind to strategy and strategists who cannot take a step, and when the culture has finished its work the institutions handcuff the infirmity. Norman Mailer

The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime Source: Internet

After some minor conversation, Edwards responded to Dahmer's request to turn his head and view his tropical fish, whereupon Dahmer placed a handcuff upon his wrist. Source: Internet

An alternate version has Bogart struck in the mouth by a handcuff loosened while freeing his charge, the other still around the prisoner's wrist. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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