HANDCUFF


Meaning of HANDCUFF in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ hændkʌf ]

( handcuffs, handcuffing, handcuffed)

1.

Handcuffs are two metal rings which are joined together and can be locked round someone’s wrists, usually by the police during an arrest.

He was led away to jail in handcuffs.

N-PLURAL : also a pair of N

2.

If you handcuff someone, you put handcuffs around their wrists.

They tried to handcuff him but, despite his injuries, he fought his way free.

VERB : V n

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