Handcuff
['hæn(d)kʌf] or ['hændkʌf]
Definition
(noun.) shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs.
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Definition
(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.
(v. t.) To apply handcuffs to; to manacle.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Manacle, hand-fetter.
v. a. Manacle.
Editor: Stacy
Definition
n. esp. in pl. Hand′cuffs shackles for the hand locked upon the wrists of a prisoner.—v.t. to put handcuffs on:—pr.p. hand′cuffing; pa.p. hand′cuffed (-kuft).
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To find yourself handcuffed, you will be annoyed and vexed by enemies. To see others thus, you will subdue those oppressing you and rise above your associates. To see handcuffs, you will be menaced with sickness and danger. To dream of handcuffs, denotes formidable enemies are surrounding you with objectionable conditions. To break them, is a sign that you will escape toils planned by enemies.
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Examples
- In a trice Mr. Bucket snaps a handcuff on her wrist. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I beg that you will not touch me with your filthy hands, remarked our prisoner as the handcuffs clattered upon his wrists. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was well he did so; for Mr. Legree, having refitted Tom's handcuffs, proceeded deliberately to investigate the contents of his pockets. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Very good,' said he, taking his hat from its peg, and putting a pair of handcuffs in his pocket as if they were his gloves. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There used to be handcuffs. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- With his upholsterer manner, as if the trooper were a window to be fitted up, he takes from his pocket a pair of handcuffs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You will need your handcuffs, Inspector. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- In an instant Holmes clapped a pistol to his head, and Martin slipped the handcuffs over his wrists. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- You see, miss, I have been handcuffed and taken into custody and brought here. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The two convicts were handcuffed together, and had irons on their legs,--irons of a pattern that I knew well. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He could not so much as get his breath to speak, until they were both separately handcuffed, but leaned upon a soldier to keep himself from falling. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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