handcuff Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
    handlock; cuff; manacle.
  2. verb confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs
    manacle; cuff.
    • The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime

WordNet

Hand"cuff` noun
Etymology
AS. handcops; hand hand + cosp, cops, fetter. The second part was confused with E. cuffs,
Definitions
  1. 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.
Hand"cuff` transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Handcuffed ; present participle & verbal noun Handcuffing
Definitions
  1. To apply handcuffs to; to manacle. Hay (1754).

Webster 1913