How to use handcuff in a sentence. By saying that she handcuffed herself when it came to putting responsibilities or obligations on workpeople or trade unions. Past simple and past participle of handcuff 2 To put handcuffs on someone Five people were arrested after a woman was found handcuffed outside a texas home, where she claimed she had been held captive for several months, authorities said. Definition of handcuff verb from the oxford advanced learner's dictionary
To put handcuffs on somebody or to fasten somebody to something/somebody with handcuffs Be handcuffed (+ adv./prep.) her hands were handcuffed behind her back Be handcuffed to somebody/something he was handcuffed to a policeman. A restraining device consisting of a pair of strong, connected hoops that can be tightened and locked about the wrists and used on one or both arms of a prisoner in custody To put handcuffs on (a person) To restrain or render ineffective
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 If you handcuff someone, you put handcuffs around their wrists They tried to handcuff him but, despite his injuries, he fought his way free 'handcuffed' means having both hands restrained by a pair of metal rings linked by a chain, used for restraining someone who is under arrest or to put handcuffs on someone. Able, powerful, strong, capable, competent, mighty, effective, efficient
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