handcuff
/ˈhændˌkʌf/ verbo B2En español: esposar, enmarrocar, maniatar
- To apply handcuffs to someone.
- to restrain or restrict. · Dang, I’m handcuffed by these regulations. I’d like to help but it’d be illegal.
He/she/it handcuffs · Pasado handcuffed · Participio pasado handcuffed · Forma en -ing handcuffing
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- handcuff
- He/she/it
- handcuffs
- Pasado
- handcuffed
- Participio pasado
- handcuffed
- Forma en -ing
- handcuffing
De la biblioteca
He was not bound, nor had they made any attempt to handcuff him; this seemed a good augury.
“Why don’t you introduce this pattern at Scotland Yard?” he continued, taking a pair of steel handcuffs from a drawer.
I have a vivid recollection of that instant, of Holmes’ triumphant expression and the ring of his voice, of the cabman’s dazed, savage face, as he glared at the glittering handcuffs, which had appeared as if by magic upon his wrists.
“I beg that you will not touch me with your filthy hands,” remarked our prisoner as the handcuffs clattered upon his wrists.
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