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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hand•i•cap /ˈhændiˌkæp/USA pronunciation n., v., -capped, -cap•ping. n. [countable] - Sporta contest in which a disadvantage or advantage, as of weight, is given to competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
- Sportthe disadvantage or advantage itself.
- any disadvantage that makes success more difficult.
- Psychiatrya physical or mental disability, esp. one that makes ordinary activities of daily living difficult:The accident left him with a handicap.
v. [ ~ + obj] - to place at a disadvantage;
burden:The search was handicapped by the darkness.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hand•i•cap (han′dē kap′),USA pronunciation n., v., -capped, -cap•ping. n. - Sporta race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
- Sportthe disadvantage or advantage itself.
- any disadvantage that makes success more difficult:The main handicap of our business is lack of capital.
- a physical or mental disability making participation in certain of the usual activities of daily living more difficult.
v.t. - to place at a disadvantage;
disable or burden:He was handicapped by his injured ankle. - to subject to a disadvantageous handicap, as a competitor of recognized superiority.
- to assign handicaps to (competitors).
- Sport
- to attempt to predict the winner of (a contest, esp. a horse race), as by comparing past performances of the contestants.
- to assign odds for or against (any particular contestant) to win a contest or series of contests:He handicapped the Yankees at 2-to-1 to take the series from the Cardinals.
- 1640–50; 1870–75 for def. 8; origin, originally hand i' cap hand in cap, referring to a drawing before a horse race
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged hinder, impede, cripple, incapacitate.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged aid, assist, help.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: handicap /ˈhændɪˌkæp/ n - something that hampers or hinders
- a contest, esp a race, in which competitors are given advantages or disadvantages of weight, distance, time, etc, in an attempt to equalize their chances of winning
- the advantage or disadvantage prescribed
- the number of strokes by which a player's averaged score exceeds the standard scratch score for the particular course: used as the basis for handicapping in competitive play
- any physical disability or disadvantage resulting from physical, mental, or social impairment or abnormality
vb ( -caps, -capping, -capped)(transitive)- to be a hindrance or disadvantage to
- to assign a handicap or handicaps to
- to organize (a contest) by handicapping
Etymology: 17th Century: probably from hand in cap, a lottery game in which players drew forfeits from a cap or deposited money in it |