handcuffs

Noun

Singular handcuff

Plural handcuffs

1. Handcuffs are the two lockable linked metal rings for holding a prisoner’s wrists.

   After John was arrested, he was put in handcuffs, searched, placed in the squad car and transported to jail.

2. The plural form of handcuff; more than one (kind of) handcuff.

Verb

Plain form handcuff

Third-person singular handcuffs

Past tense handcuffed

Past participle handcuffed

Present participle handcuffing

1. The third-person singular form of handcuff.

   I always handcuff prisoners behind their back, but my partner sometimes handcuffs them in front of their body.