Usually means: Restraining device used on wrists.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. handcuffs: Merriam-Webster
  2. handcuffs: Collins English Dictionary
  3. handcuffs: Vocabulary.com
  4. Handcuffs, handcuffs: Wordnik
  5. handcuffs: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. handcuffs: Wiktionary
  7. handcuffs: Dictionary.com
  8. handcuffs: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Handcuffs (film), Handcuffs: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. handcuffs: Rhymezone
  11. handcuffs: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. handcuffs: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. handcuffs: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. handcuffs: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. handcuffs: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. handcuffs: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Extreme Martial Arts Glosary (No longer online)

(Note: See handcuff as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's wrists, and connected by a chain or hinge.

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