Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to handcuff
Participle: handcuffed
Gerund: handcuffing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | handcuff |
| you | handcuff |
| he;she;it | handcuffs |
| we | handcuff |
| you | handcuff |
| they | handcuff |
Perfect
| I | have handcuffed |
| you | have handcuffed |
| he;she;it | has handcuffed |
| we | have handcuffed |
| you | have handcuffed |
| they | have handcuffed |
Past
| I | handcuffed |
| you | handcuffed |
| he;she;it | handcuffed |
| we | handcuffed |
| you | handcuffed |
| they | handcuffed |
Pluperfect
| I | had handcuffed |
| you | had handcuffed |
| he;she;it | had handcuffed |
| we | had handcuffed |
| you | had handcuffed |
| they | had handcuffed |
Future
| I | will handcuff |
| you | will handcuff |
| he;she;it | will handcuff |
| we | will handcuff |
| you | will handcuff |
| they | will handcuff |
Future Perfect
| I | will have handcuffed |
| you | will have handcuffed |
| he;she;it | will have handcuffed |
| we | will have handcuffed |
| you | will have handcuffed |
| they | will have handcuffed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | handcuff |
| you | handcuff |
| he;she;it | handcuff |
| we | handcuff |
| you | handcuff |
| they | handcuff |
Perfect
| I | have handcuffed |
| you | have handcuffed |
| he;she;it | have handcuffed |
| we | have handcuffed |
| you | have handcuffed |
| they | have handcuffed |
Imperfect
| I | handcuffed |
| you | handcuffed |
| he;she;it | handcuffed |
| we | handcuffed |
| you | handcuffed |
| they | handcuffed |
Pluperfect
| I | had handcuffed |
| you | had handcuffed |
| he;she;it | had handcuffed |
| we | had handcuffed |
| you | had handcuffed |
| they | had handcuffed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would handcuff |
| you | would handcuff |
| he;she;it | would handcuff |
| we | would handcuff |
| you | would handcuff |
| they | would handcuff |
Perfect
| I | would have handcuffed |
| you | would have handcuffed |
| he;she;it | would have handcuffed |
| we | would have handcuffed |
| you | would have handcuffed |
| they | would have handcuffed |
Imperative
| you | handcuff |
| we | Let's handcuff |
| you | handcuff |
Verbs conjugated like 'handcuff'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'handcuff'
unhandcuff,
handcraft,
uncuff,
candify,
cuff,
dandify,
dandyfy,
duff,
fancify,
fandub,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From hand + cuff (“end of shirtsleeve”). Possibly an adaptation of Middle English handcops (“shackles for the hand, handcuffs”), from Old English handcops, from hand + cops, cosp (“fetter, chains”), but due to a lack of continuity (centuries between Old English and the modern term), generally analyzed as a re-invention. Nominal form first appears c. 1591 in the publications of John Florio. Verbal form first appears c. 1649.
Sample Sentences
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Mr. Simon Legree, Tom's master, had purchased slaves at one place and another, in New Orleans, to the number of eight, and driven them, handcuffed, in couples of two and two, down to the good steamer Pirate, which lay at the levee, ready for a trip up the Red River.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)