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Handcuffs vs Cuffs - What's the difference?

handcuffs | cuffs |

As nouns the difference between handcuffs and cuffs

is that handcuffs is (plurale tantum) a fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's wrists, and connected by a chain or hinge while cuffs is .

As a verb handcuffs

is (handcuff).

handcuffs

Noun

(head)
  • (plurale tantum) A fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's wrists, and connected by a chain or hinge.
  • * 2014 , Ian Black, " Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis", The Guardian , 27 November 2014:
  • Security is tight inside and outside the building, guarded by a bewildering collection of soldiers, policemen and gendarmes. Relatives watch as prisoners in handcuffs and leg irons shuffle past.
  • English plurals
  • Synonyms

    * manacles * shackles

    Verb

    (head)
  • (handcuff)
  • cuffs

    English

    Noun

    (head)
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