handcuff (Meaning)
handcuff (n)
shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
handcuff (v)
confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs
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.
handcuff (v. t.)
To apply handcuffs to; to manacle.
Synonyms & Antonyms of handcuff
Synonyms:
- hindrance
- captivity
- immurement
- entanglement
- straightjacket
- hobble
- enchainment
- trammel
- imprisonment
- confinement
- incarceration
- restriction
- fastener
- enslavement
- manacle(s)
- constraint
- hold
- straitjacket
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
handcuff Sentence Examples
- 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.
- The handcuffs scraped against the metal bars as the prisoner struggled in vain.
- The detective searched the suspect's pockets and found handcuffs hidden within.
- The child wore toy handcuffs as part of a game of cops and robbers.
- The magician performed a daring escape by freeing himself from a pair of handcuffs while suspended upside down.
- The escaped convict broke out of jail by sawing through his handcuffs.
- The security guard at the bank kept a pair of handcuffs close at hand in case of an emergency.
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
bond,bind, irons, shackle, chain, curb,band, cuff(s), net, trap
undo, free, liberate, undo, unshackle,rescue, unfetter, unbind, free, unfetter
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.
