handcuff

Other forms of handcuff

plural

handcuffs·

past tense

handcuffed·

present participle

handcuffing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about handcuff

What does handcuff mean?

handcuff means "shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in handcuff?

handcuff has 2 syllables: hand-cuff. The stress falls on "hand". In IPA it is /ˈhændˌkʌf/.

What is another word for handcuff?

Close synonyms include cuff, handlock, manacle, manacle, cuff. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is handcuff a common word?

handcuff is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with handcuff?

1 word rhymes with handcuff. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.