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handcuff definition

hand·cuff (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

  1. to put handcuffs on; manacle
  2. to check or hinder the activities of

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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