handcuffs

ankwar hannu

Noun

Singular handcuff

Plural handcuffs

Handcuffs

1. Handcuffs are the two lockable linked metal rings for holding a prisoner’s wrists.

   After John was arrested, he was put in handcuffs, searched, placed in the squad car and transported to jail.

2. The plural form of handcuff; more than one (kind of) handcuff.

   Buba ya kara da cewa jami'an 'yan sanda sun samu wasu daga cikin mutanen a daure da sarkoki da ankwar hannu. [1]

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) handcuff

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) handcuffs

Past tense (ya wuce) handcuffed

Past participle (ya wuce) handcuffed

Present participle (ana cikin yi) handcuffing

1. The third-person singular form of handcuff.

   I always handcuff prisoners behind their back, but my partner sometimes handcuffs them in front of their body.