Handcuff

//ˈhændˌkʌf//

Synonyms for "handcuff" (80 found)

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Closest matches (16)

manacle handcuffs anchor bilbo bind bond bonds bridle camisole chain chains collar

Noun(2 words)

manacle cuff

Verb(2 words)

manacle cuff

Strong matches (24)

cuffs deflate disarm enchain entrammel fasten fetter gag gyve gyves halter hamper hamstring hobble hobbles hog tie hog-tie hopple hopples irons

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knock out lash leading strings

Noun(1 words)

handlock

Related words (40)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

7 entries

bond fetter hamper shackle trammel

Synonyms

2 entries

handcuffs manacle

derived

3 entries

handcuff artist handcuff knot unhandcuff

derived from

2 entries

cuff hand

is a

5 entries

device fetter non agentive artifact shackle tangible thing

related to

4 entries

fetter handcuffs restrain restrict

Translations

135 translations across 74 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

pranga noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Arabic

4 entries

أَصْفَاد noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
صَفَد noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
مينوط noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
كلبش verb (to apply handcuffs)

Armenian

1 entries

ձեռնաշղթա noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

qandal noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
əl qandalı noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Belarusian

2 entries

нару́чнік noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
нару́чнікі noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Bengali

1 entries

হাতকড়া noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Breton

1 entries

grizilhonañ verb (to apply handcuffs)

Bulgarian

2 entries

белезни́ци noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
слагам белезници verb (to apply handcuffs)

Burmese

1 entries

လက်ထိတ် noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Catalan

2 entries

manilla noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
manilles noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

手扣 noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

手銬 /手铐 noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Czech

2 entries

pouta noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
želízka noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Danish

1 entries

håndjern noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Dutch

4 entries

handboei noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
boeien verb (to apply handcuffs)
handboeien omdoen verb (to apply handcuffs)
in de boeien slaan verb (to apply handcuffs)

Esperanto

2 entries

mankateno noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
mankateni verb (to apply handcuffs)

Estonian

1 entries

käerauad noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Finnish

4 entries

käsirauta noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
käsiraudoittaa verb (to apply handcuffs)
laittaa käsiraudat verb (to apply handcuffs)
panna käsirautoihin verb (to apply handcuffs)

French

2 entries

menotte noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
menotter verb (to apply handcuffs)

Galician

2 entries

esposas noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
esposar verb (to apply handcuffs)

Georgian

1 entries

ხელბორკილი noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

German

2 entries

Handschelle noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
fesseln verb (to apply handcuffs)

Greek

2 entries

χειροπέδα noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
χειροπέδες noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Hawaiian

1 entries

hao hoʻopaʻa lima noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Hebrew

3 entries

אֲזִקִּים noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
אזיק noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
אזק verb (to apply handcuffs)

Hindi

1 entries

हथकड़ी noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Hungarian

2 entries

bilincs noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
megbilincsel verb (to apply handcuffs)

Icelandic

2 entries

handjárn noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
handjárna verb (to apply handcuffs)

Ido

1 entries

manoto noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Indonesian

2 entries

borgol noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
gari noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Iranian Persian

1 entries

دَسْتبَنْد noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Italian

3 entries

manetta noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
ammanettare verb (to apply handcuffs)
bloccare verb (figuratively: to restrain)

Japanese

1 entries

手錠 noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Kazakh

2 entries

бұғау noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
қолкісен noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Khmer

1 entries

ខ្នោះដៃ noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Korean

1 entries

수갑 noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

кишен noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
колкишен noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Lao

1 entries

ກະແຈມື noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Latvian

1 entries

roku dzelži noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Lithuanian

1 entries

antrankiai noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Luhya

1 entries

epingu noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Macedonian

2 entries

лисици noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
става лисици verb (to apply handcuffs)

Malay

1 entries

gari noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Malayalam

2 entries

കൈവിലങ്ങ് noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
വിലങ്ങ് noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Mongolian

1 entries

гав noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Māori

1 entries

tūpiki verb (to apply handcuffs)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

kelemçe noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

handjern noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
håndjern noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

handjarn noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
handjern noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Old English

1 entries

handcosp noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

بیلكچه noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
كلبچه noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Pashto

4 entries

اتکړۍ noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
هتوړۍ noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
هټکرۍ noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
ولچک noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Polish

4 entries

kajdanki noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
skuwać verb (to apply handcuffs)
skuć verb (to apply handcuffs)
zakuwać verb (to apply handcuffs)

Portuguese

2 entries

algema noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
algemar verb (to apply handcuffs)

Romanian

4 entries

cătușă noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
fereca verb (to apply handcuffs)
încătușa verb (to apply handcuffs)
încătușa verb (figuratively: to restrain)

Russian

2 entries

нару́чник noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
нару́чники noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

lìsice noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
лѝсице noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Slovak

3 entries

náramky noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
náramok noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
putá noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Slovene

1 entries

lisice noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Southern Altai

1 entries

кижен noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Spanish

4 entries

esposa noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
marroca noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
enmarrocar verb (to apply handcuffs)
esposar verb (to apply handcuffs)

Swahili

1 entries

pingu noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Swedish

2 entries

handboja noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
sätta handbojor på (någon) verb (to apply handcuffs)

Tagalog

2 entries

pangaw noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
posas noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Tajik

3 entries

дастбанд noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
завлонаи даст noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
кишани даст noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Tamil

1 entries

கைவிலங்கு noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Thai

1 entries

กุญแจมือ noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Turkish

3 entries

bilekçe noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
kelepçe noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
kelepçelemek verb (to apply handcuffs)

Turkmen

1 entries

gandal noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Ukrainian

2 entries

нару́чник noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
нару́чники noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Urdu

1 entries

ہَتْھکَڑی noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Uyghur

1 entries

كويزا noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Uzbek

1 entries

qoʻlkishan noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Vietnamese

2 entries

còng noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
còng tay noun (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

They tried to handcuff Tom.

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We tried to handcuff them.

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They tried to handcuff him.

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They tried to handcuff her.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.