handcuff

handcuff is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 22 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. transitive verb. To apply handcuffs to; to manacle.
3. noun. shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs

   Synonyms: cuff, handlock, manacle

4. verb. confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs

   "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime"

   Synonyms: cuff, manacle

Synonyms

cuff, handlock, manacle

Common word forms

handcuffs, handcuffed, handcuffing

Words from these letters

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