Handcuff
Handcuff verb - To confine or restrain with or as if with chains.
Wrap and handcuff are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wrap" instead a verb "Handcuff".
Nearby Words: handcuffed, handcuffing
Wrap
Wrap verb - To encircle or bind with or as if with a belt.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Birdie from Street Fighter Alpha uses a long chain attacked to his handcuff-like bracelets to wrap around his enemies' necks and literally slam them all over the place.
Source: Chain Pain -
From RENT's "La Vie Boheme:" "Mimi Marquez, clad only in bubble wrap, will perform her famous lawnchair-handcuff dance to the sounds of iced tea being stirred." (The line is spoken in jest, but the mental image is nonetheless interesting.)
Source: Noodle Implements
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