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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Handcuff

/(-kŭf`)/ · Hand·cuff · IPA /ˈhændˌkʌf/
01 n. A fastening, consisting of an iron ring around the wrist, usually connected by a chain with one on the other wrist; a manacle; -- usually i…
  1. 1.
    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.
02 v. t. To apply handcuffs to; to manacle.
imp. & p. p. Handcuffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Handcuffing
  1. 1.
    To apply handcuffs to; to manacle.