handcuff Antonyms

Meaning of handcuff

Wordnet

handcuff (n)

shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs

Wordnet

handcuff (v)

confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs

Webster

handcuff (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 in the plural.

Webster

handcuff (v. t.)

To apply handcuffs to; to manacle.

FAQs About the word handcuff

shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs, confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffsA

bind, shackle, curb, irons, bond, chain, net,band, restraint, trap

undo, unbind, liberate, untie, emancipate, emancipate, unshackle, undo, loose, liberate

The police swiftly handcuffed the suspect before they could escape.

The handcuffs were secured tightly around the criminal's wrists.

The officer placed the suspect in handcuffs as a safety precaution.

The hostage negotiator requested that the kidnappers remove the handcuffs from the victim.