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handcuff
(hand′kuf′)
noun
either of a pair of connected metal rings that can be locked about the wrists, as in restraining a prisoner or fastening him to a policeman: usually used in pl.
transitive verb
- to put handcuffs on; manacle
- to check or hinder the activities of
See handcuff in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
A restraining device consisting of a pair of strong, connected hoops that can be tightened and locked about the wrists and used on one or both arms of a prisoner in custody; a manacle. Often used in the plural.
transitive verb hand·cuffed, hand·cuff·ing, hand·cuffs - To restrain with or as if with handcuffs.
- To render ineffective or impotent. See Synonyms at hamper1.
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