Handcuff Definition

hăndkŭf
handcuffed, handcuffs
noun
Either of a pair of connected metal rings that can be locked about the wrists, as in restraining a prisoner.
Webster's New World
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verb
handcuffed, handcuffs
To put handcuffs on; manacle.
Webster's New World
To check or hinder the activities of.
Webster's New World
To restrain or render ineffective.
American Heritage

(figuratively) To restrain or restrict.

Dang, I’m handcuffed by these regulations. I’d like to help but it’d be illegal.
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Other Word Forms of Handcuff

Noun

Singular:
handcuff
Plural:
handcuffs

Origin of Handcuff

  • Possibly influenced by Old English handcops, from hand + cops (“fetter, chains”), but due to lack of continuity (centuries between Old English and modern term), generally analyzed as a re-invention.

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  • 1775, from hand +‎ cuff (“end of shirtsleeve”).

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