Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun handcuff

1 sense of handcuff

Sense 1
handcuff, cuff, handlock, manacle -- (shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs)
       => shackle, bond, hamper, trammel -- (a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner))

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb handcuff

1 sense of handcuff

Sense 1
manacle, cuff, handcuff -- (confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs; "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime")
       => fetter, shackle -- (restrain with fetters)