What (who) is handcuff - definition
RESTRAINT DEVICES
Handcuff; Hand cuff; Manacle; Hinged handcuffs; Manacles; Flexcuff; Hand cuffs; Handcuffs gesture; Universal handcuff key; Darbies; Handcuffing
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handcuff
(handcuffs, handcuffing, handcuffed)
1.
Handcuffs are two metal rings which are joined together and can be locked round someone's wrists, usually by the police during an arrest.
He was led away to jail in handcuffs.
N-PLURAL: also a pair of N
2.
If you handcuff someone, you put handcuffs around their wrists.
They tried to handcuff him but, despite his injuries, he fought his way free.
VERB: V n
Handcuff
·vt To apply handcuffs to; to Manacle.
II. Handcuff ·noun 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.
handcuff
¦ noun (handcuffs) a pair of lockable linked metal rings for securing a prisoner's wrists.
¦ verb put handcuffs on.
Wikipedia
Handcuffs
Handcuffs are restraint devices designed to secure an individual's wrists in proximity to each other. They comprise two parts, linked together by a chain, a hinge, or rigid bar. Each cuff has a rotating arm which engages with a ratchet that prevents it from being opened once closed around a person's wrist. Without the key, the handcuffs cannot be removed without specialist knowledge, and the handcuffed person cannot move their wrists more than a few centimetres or inches apart, making many tasks difficult or impossible.
Handcuffs are frequently used by law enforcement agencies worldwide to prevent suspected criminals from escaping from police custody.
Pronunciation examples for handcuff
1. handcuff you right away.
Women Behind Bars _ Malika Saar, Andrea James + More _ Talks at Google
2. Handcuff yourselves
to the pole.
The Sleeping Dictionary (2003)
3. And then they bring you in, they shackle and they handcuff you.
Women Behind Bars _ Malika Saar, Andrea James + More _ Talks at Google
4. happiness. Anyway, the police are eventually going to wrestle him to the ground, handcuff
How We're Learning to Love Watching Ourselves & Our Neighbors _ Hal Niedzviecki _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of handcuff
1. Other officers helped him handcuff the historian.
2. Bloodstains and a handcuff key were found on the boat.
3. "The plan was to handcuff myself to Gonzales," Wilson says.
4. Now the attempt to handcuff the teachers begins," Erez said.
5. They handcuff me, hands behind my back, and take my rucksack out of my sight.