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cuffs

noun

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plural of cuff

Synonyms of cuffs

(Entry 1 of 2)

something that physically prevents free movement

the policeman snapped the cuffs on and led the prisoner away to the car

Synonyms for cuffs

band,
bind,
bond,
bracelet,
chain,
fetter,
handcuff(s),
irons,
ligature,
manacle(s),
shackle

Words Related to cuffs

captivity,
confinement,
constraint,
curb,
enchainment,
enslavement,
hindrance,
immurement,
imprisonment,
incarceration,
restraint,
restriction

entanglement,
net,
trammel,
trap

collar,
straitjacket
(also straightjacket)

fastener,
hobble,
hold,
hold-down,
holding,
tie

cuffs

verb

present tense third-person singular of cuff

Synonyms of cuffs (Entry 2 of 2)

as in socks, slaps

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for cuffs

assails,
assaults,
attacks,
besets,
boxes,
busts,
chops,
clobbers,
clouts,
cracks,
cudgels,
descends (on or upon),
hits,
jumps (on),
knocks,
lams,
lays on,
pastes,
pounces (on or upon),
punches,
raids,
rushes,
slams,
slaps,
smacks,
smashes,
socks,
spanks,
storms,
swats,
swipes,
thwacks,
whacks,
whams,
whomps

bashes,
bastes,
bats,
batters,
beats,
belabors,
belts,
birches,
bludgeons,
buffets,
bungs up,
clubs,
curries,
does,
drubs,
fibs
[British],
flogs,
hammers,
hides,
laces,
lambastes
(or lambasts),
lashes,
lathers,
licks,
mauls,
messes (up),
paddles,
pelts,
pommels,
pounds,
pummels,
punches out,
roughs (up),
slates,
slogs,
switches,
tans,
thrashes,
threshes,
thumps,
tromps,
wallops,
whales,
whips,
whops
(or whaps),
whups,
works over

blackjacks,
canes,
cowhides,
flagellates,
fustigates,
horsewhips,
leathers,
pistol-whips,
rawhides,
scourges,
straps

gores,
lacerates,
wounds

maims,
mangles,
mutilates

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