Noun

Singular handcuff

Plural handcuffs

handcuff (plural handcuffs)

  1. One ring of a locking fetter for the hand or one pair.

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Verb

Infinitive to handcuff

Third person singular handcuffs

Simple past handcuffed

Past participle handcuffed

Present participle handcuffing

to handcuff (third-person singular simple present handcuffs, present participle handcuffing, simple past and past participle handcuffed)

  1. To apply handcuffs to; to manacle. - Hay (1754)
  2. (figuratively) to restrain or restrict.
    Dang, I’m handcuffed by these regulations. I’d like to help but it’d be illegal.

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Sun Jan 17 17:40:27 2010

Handcuffs are restraint devices designed to secure an individual's wrists close together. They comprise two parts, linked together by a chain, a hinge or in the case of rigid cuffs, a bar. Each half has a rotating arm which engages with a ratchet that prevents it from being opened once closed around a person's wrist. Without the key, the handcuffs cannot be unlocked and so the restrained person is unable to move their wrists more than a few centimetres/inches apart, making many tasks difficult or impossible. This is usually done to prevent suspected criminals from escaping police custody.

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Sun Jan 3 06:49:00 2010

How do you know if the handcuffs your buying are the real McKoy?
Q. Im looking at a couple pairs on ebay. One is a smith and wesson 100 and another is a peerless. Both dont come with keys but it says in one of the actuions it states any handcuff key will work. Is that true? Neither of these auctions come with boxes. Is there a way to tell? (Im interested in the hinged peerless)
Asked by Shree P - Wed Mar 4 13:07:57 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Well, without a key, you could put them on yourself, and try to get out of them. If you can't, they are the real mccoy. : )~ hehe
Answered by Rambo - Wed Mar 4 13:38:40 2009

Who do the paramedics handcuff people in medical situations?
Q. I remember when I overdosed on pills, trying to commit suicide, & I was knocked out cold, & I woke up in handcuffs. & one time when I was really young, my foster dad had pneumonia & was having a seizure & had a massive stroke & died, & they put him in handcuffs during his seizure. I think that's pretty cruel to put an ill person in handcuffs. I meant to say WHY.
Asked by Question Queen ? - Sun Jul 8 22:22:00 2007 - - 10 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I think you are confusing "hand cuffs" with "wrists restraints" as we prefer to call them in the health care Profession. Both situations that you mentioned sounds adequate for the use of restraints. First you said you overdosed on pills, well people react differently when under the influence of medications, so as a precaution and for safety reasons, patients are often restrained, not handcuffed, there is a difference. About the Seizure incident again, during that time the patient can easily hurt themselves and those around, so the paramedics "restrain" the patient to keep the patient safe. Both situations called for safety measures and this is one way to make sure of that. I am sorry if it seems cruel. But is a safety measure.
Answered by Vanessa - Sun Jul 8 22:32:39 2007

Are handcuff keys universal or does each set have a unique key?
Q. I'm wondering if one police officer's key would unlock another's handcuffs, or if each set of handcuffs has a unique key. (Like a deadbolt in a door.)
Asked by Mojo - Sun Mar 1 02:15:45 2009 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Most handcuffs use a universal key... and contrary to what has already been written here, the same key that I use for my Galls, and Peerless handcuffs also opens my Smith and Wesson Cuffs. I believe ASP has the new polymer type cuffs that use a specialized key, and you can also order special cuffs that use specialized keys for high security inmates.
Answered by Brian K - Sun Mar 1 02:33:36 2009

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