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单词 handicapper
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handicapper

noun

hand·​i·​cap·​per ˈhan-di-ˌka-pər How to pronounce handicapper (audio)
-dē-
1
: a person who assigns handicaps
2
: a person who predicts the winners in a contest (such as a horse race)
3
: a person who competes with a (specified) handicap (as in golf)
usually used in combination
a 5-handicapper

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The Cook Report, a top non-partisan political handicapper, last month moved its rating of the Senate race in Colorado from Likely Democrat to Lean Democrat. Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 6 Sep. 2022 Keith Feustle, the Pimlico Race Course handicapper, set the morning-line odds on an Epicenter victory in the Run for the Black-Eyed Susans at 6-5. Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 16 May 2022 Longtime prominent sports handicapper Bob Stoll of Dr. Bob Sports, released his college football season win totals this week. Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022 And as nonpartisan handicapper Cook Political Report notes, either Mullin or Shannon would become the second Native American elected to the U.S. Senate; both politicians belong to tribes. Amber Phillips, Washington Post, 28 June 2022 Respected golf handicapper Rufus Peabody ran all of the entrants through a battery of more than 100,000 simulations and said Johnson is a 43/1 underdog. Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY, 17 June 2022 Gold, who had worked as track handicapper at Prairie Meadows in the mid-1990s, began talking to Crawford about the attorney’s algorithm to identify affordable racehorses. Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2022 West Coast Handicapping Report author and insightful handicapper and race analyst Rob Henie has a dilemma this weekend. Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022 Like a handicapper playing the field at a racetrack, DARPA was already backing six of the eight teams, including CoSTAR and Explorer. David Montgomery, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1751, in the meaning defined at sense 1

handicapper

noun

as in tipster

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • tipster
  • oddsmaker
  • speculator
  • bookmaker
  • bettor
  • gambler
  • sharper
  • gamester
  • piker
  • dicer
  • bluffer
  • high roller
  • wagerer
  • punter
  • better
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