Chinese finger trap

This is similar to the action of a Chinese finger trap.

Chinese finger traps are not intended for use as restraint devices.

If the penetrating objects are penises, this is sometimes called the spit roast or the Chinese finger trap.

The teeners had left him on the sidewalk tied in a ridiculous knot with fingers and toes hooked together by Chinese finger trap tubes.

The club's "Disco" night was announced by a phonograph record; "Suburbia," by a slice of Velveeta; "Confinement," by a Chinese finger trap.

Schematic mechanisms of how increased shear force is proposed to cause stronger binding interactions between bacteria and target cells show that the catch bond acts very similar to a Chinese finger trap.

As a means of ironic thanks, Riker suggests sending the Ferengi a box of chinese finger traps, a toy that Data became fascinated by, and subsequently stuck in, earlier in the mission.

A Chinese finger trap (also known as a Chinese finger puzzle, Chinese handcuffs and similar variants) is a gag toy used to play a practical joke on children and unsuspecting adults.

However, a variation on the Chinese finger trap has uses in orthopedic medicine-namely, providing even pressure to the patient's digit(s) and at the same time immobilizing the joints-and serves a similar purpose as a traction device.

With a design concept similar to the Chinese finger trap, the invention contains an electrically-conductive spiral that, once the connector is twisted, is able to "grip" stripped wires, cables and other elongated elements and securely connect them.

Riker's notion of sending chinese finger traps to the Ferengi vessel at the end of the episode was a reference to The Original Series episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" where Chief Engineer Scott beams over a shipload of tribbles to a Klingon ship.