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Definition handicap
Etymology
From hand in cap, in reference to holding the game stakes in a cap.
Noun
handicap (plural handicaps)
- Something that prevents, hampers, or hinders.
- An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race (or other contest of skill) to the competitor possessing disadvantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success.
- (sometimes considered offensive) The disadvantage itself, in particular physical or mental disadvantages of people.
- A race or similar contest in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors.
- (obsolete, card game) An old card game, similar to lanterloo.
Verb
handicap (third-person singular simple present handicaps, present participle handicapping, simple past and past participle handicapped)
- (transitive) To encumber with a handicap in any contest.
- (transitive, figuratively, by extension) To place at disadvantage.
- To estimate betting odds.
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HANDICAPS
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HANDICAP
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DAPHNIA
14
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PAINCH
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5 letter words with the letters HANDICAP ↑
APHID
11
APIAN
9
CANID
10
CHAIN
11
CHINA
11
CNIDA
10
DACHA
11
NAIAD
7
NICAD
10
PACHA
13
PANDA
10
PANIC
12
PINCH
14
4 letter words with the letters HANDICAP ↑
ACID
8
CADI
8
CAID
8
CAIN
8
CAPH
12
CHAD
10
CHAI
9
CHAP
12
CHIA
9
CHID
10
CHIN
10
CHIP
12
HAND
8
HIND
8
INCH
10
NADA
6
NIPA
8
PACA
10
PADI
8
PAID
8
PAIN
8
PIAN
8
PICA
10
PINA
8
3 letter words with the letters HANDICAP ↑
AAH
5
AHA
5
AHI
5
AID
4
AIN
4
ANA
4
AND
5
ANI
4
CAD
7
CAN
7
CAP
9
CHI
8
DAH
6
DAP
7
DIN
5
DIP
7
HAD
6
HAP
8
HIC
8
HID
6
HIN
6
HIP
8
ICH
8
NAH
6
NAP
7
NIP
7
PAC
9
PAD
7
PAH
8
PAN
7
PHI
8
PIA
6
PIC
9
PIN
7
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