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handicap
noun
1 a physical or mental disability that results in partial or total inability to perform social, occupational or other normal everyday activities.
2 something that impedes or hinders.
3 a a disadvantage imposed on a superior competitor in a contest, race, etc, or an advantage given to an inferior one, so that everyone has an equal chance of winning;
b a race or competition in which competitors are given a handicap.
4 the number of strokes by which a golfer's averaged score exceeds par for the course.
verb (handicapped , handicapping )
1 to impede or hamper someone.
2 to impose special disadvantages or advantages on (a player or players) in order to make a better contest.
3 to organize (a race, etc) by handicapping.
[17c: probably from hand i- cap an old lottery game in which money was deposited in a cap and forfeits were drawn from it]
handicapper noun in some sports: an official who fixes the handicaps of competitors.
noun
1 a physical or mental disability that results in partial or total inability to perform social, occupational or other normal everyday activities.
2 something that impedes or hinders.
3 a a disadvantage imposed on a superior competitor in a contest, race, etc, or an advantage given to an inferior one, so that everyone has an equal chance of winning;
b a race or competition in which competitors are given a handicap.
4 the number of strokes by which a golfer's averaged score exceeds par for the course.
verb (handicapped , handicapping )
1 to impede or hamper someone.
2 to impose special disadvantages or advantages on (a player or players) in order to make a better contest.
3 to organize (a race, etc) by handicapping.
[17c: probably from hand i- cap an old lottery game in which money was deposited in a cap and forfeits were drawn from it]
handicapper noun in some sports: an official who fixes the handicaps of competitors.
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