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Definition: Handcuffs |
HandcuffsNoun1. Shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "handcuffs" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1613. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | 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. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Handcuffs are metal devices to secure two wrists close together. Usually they have a ratchet-action to make them quicker to apply, and to make the size adjustable.Plastic handcuffs, often known as flex-cuffs, are lightweight disposable plastic strips to immobilize individuals. They can be carried in large quantities by soldiers and police and are therefore well-suited for situations where many may be needed, as during large-scale protests. In recent years, airlines began to carry plastic handcuffs as a way to restrain disruptive passengers.
See also Bondage cuffs, Testicle cuffs
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Handcuffs."
Synonyms: HandcuffsSynonyms: cuff (n), cuffs (n), handcuff (n), handlock (n), manacle (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Handcuffs |
| English words defined with "handcuffs": bondage ♦ cuff ♦ Darbies ♦ Erik Weisz ♦ handcuff, Harry Houdini, Houdini ♦ manacle. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "handcuffs": GRAPPLING IRONS ♦ Knights of the Handcuffs ♦ RUFFLES ♦ SHERIFF'S BRACELETS. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Because the busta kept me out of handcuffs, he didn't just run back to the fort, the buster brought me back (The Fast and the Furious; writing credit: Gary Scott Thompson) When you work with handcuffs as long as I have, you pick up a few tricks (Gargoyles; writing credit: Heiko Schier) Yeah. You hit your prisoner while he was in handcuffs; that's against the rules (U.S. Marshals; writing credit: John Pogue) Were the handcuffs totally necessary, officer (Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy; writing credit: Kevin McDonald; Mark McKinney) You know, I could've bet money he wouldn't get out of those handcuffs. (Columbo: Now You See Him; writing credit: Michael Sloan) | |
Lyrics | You put your hands on me again I'll put your ass in handcuffs (U.N.I.T.Y.; performing artist: Queen Latifah) Handcuffs can you get freaky (Freaky Girl; performing artist: Shaggy) | |
Movie/TV Titles | London Handcuffs (1955) Diamond Handcuffs (1928) Handcuffs or Kisses (1921) Love and Handcuffs (1915) A Pair of Handcuffs (1912) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Alex Mumford Jr., 10 disguised as the man from uncle complete with eye patch, handcuffs, trench coat, knife, gun, briefcase, in Macy's Toy Dept. / World Journal Tribune p. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by Ted Kell.. |  | On the stage - in person, Hardeen, brother of Houdini handcuffs and jails will not hold him : the greatest mystery show of all times. Mentalist supreme, Princess Yvonne, the mystery girl. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Human Rights | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Autopsies revealed that their hands had been bound with RS police-issued handcuffs and that each had been shot in the head with police weapons. (references) |
Saudi Arabia | In addition there were allegations of torture, including allegations of beatings with sticks, suspension from bars by handcuffs, and threats against family members. (references) | |
Malawi | The report notes that techniques used by police included beatings, physical assault, and the use of wire instead of handcuffs to restrain prisoners and to force confessions. (references) | |
Trade | Ghana | These include drugs, all communications equipment, mercury, gambling machines, handcuffs, arms and ammunition, and live plants and animals. (references) |
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| "Handcuffs" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 97.46% of the time. "Handcuffs" is used about 118 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 97.46% | 115 | 30,138 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.69% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 0.85% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 118 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "handcuffs"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | hekura (grate, iron, manacle), pranga për duar. (various references) | |
Arabic | قيود (bands, bonds, chains, constraint, constriction, curb, manacles, qualifications, shacks, squeeze, trammels), غل قيد (cuffs, manacles), أصفاد. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | белезници (bracelet, darbies, manacle, mittens, nippers, shackles). (various references) | |
Chinese | 束以手" (handcuff, Handcuffed), 杻 (red apricot). (various references) | |
Czech | pouta na ruce, želízka (handcuff). (various references) | |
Finnish | käsiraudat. (various references) | |
French | passer les menottes, menottes. (various references) | |
German | Handschellen (bracelets). (various references) | |
Greek | χειροπέδη (handcuff, manacle), χειροπέδεσ (manacle). (various references) | |
Hebrew | חפתים, אזיקים (chains, fetters, iron, manacle, shackles). (various references) | |
Hungarian | bilincs (bond, chain, gyve, handcuff, irons, manacle, shackle, wristlet). (various references) | |
Indonesian | gari, borgol. (various references) | |
Italian | manette (cuff). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 手 (manacles). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | かせ (bonds, fetters, irons, reel, shackles), てかせ, てじょう (manacles). (various references) | |
Korean | 수갑을 채운다. (various references) | |
Manx | glish laue. (various references) | |
Norwegian | håndjern. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | andcuffshay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | algemas (bracelets, cuffs). (various references) | |
Romanian | cãtuşe (bond, bracelet, chain, chains, fetter, manacles, nipper, shackle). (various references) | |
Russian | наручники (manacle). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | lisice (gyve, handcuff, nipper). (various references) | |
Spanish | esposas (bracelets, handcuff, manacles). (various references) | |
Turkish | kelepçe (bracelets, clamp, cleat, cuff, darbies, handcuff, manacle, manacles, nippers, shackle, wristlet). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | manicis. (various references) |
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Misspellings | |
"Handcuffs" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: handcufs. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "handcuffs" (pronounced ha"ndku'fs) |
| 4 | -k u' f s | fisticuffs. |
| 3 | -u' f s | dyestuffs, earmuffs, foodstuffs. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-f-f-h-n-s-u" | |
-1 letter: handcuff. | |
-3 letters: chaffs, chufas, chuffs, shaduf. | |
-4 letters: adunc, caffs, chads, chaff, chufa, chuff, cuffs, daffs, duffs, dunch, fauns, funds, hands, huffs, nucha, sadhu, sauch, scuff, snafu, snuff. | |
-5 letters: ands, anus, cads, caff, cans, cash, chad, cuds, cuff, daff, dahs, dash, duff, duns, fads, fans, fash, faun, fuds, fund, funs, hand, huff, huns, sand, scad. | |
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