handicap

  • 101handicap — hand·i·cap || hændɪkæp n. disadvantage, hindrance; physical disability v. disable, restrict, hinder, impede …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 102handicap —    a mental or physical defect    Literally, a disadvantage imposed on a competitor to make an equal contest:     We fight shy of abbreviations and euphemisms. [The Americans] rejoice in them. The blind and maimed are called handicapped , the… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 103handicap — n 1. disadvantage, impediment, imposition, hindrance, check, curb, trammel, restraint, constraint, restriction; burden, weight, encumbrance, millstone; obstacle, obstruction, barrier, block, stumbling block; drawback, inconvenience, difficulty. 2 …

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  • 104handicap — hand·i·cap …

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  • 105handicap — [ˈhændiˌkæp] noun [C] a disadvantage that prevents you from doing something well …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 106handicap — hand•i•cap [[t]ˈhæn diˌkæp[/t]] n. v. capped, cap•ping 1) spo a race or other contest in which disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, etc., are given to competitors to equalize their chances of winning 2) spo the disadvantage or… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 107Handicap —  s. Vorgabe …

    Golf lexikon

  • 108Handicap — D✓Han|di|cap, Han|di|kap [ hɛndikɛp ], das; s, s <englisch> (Nachteil, Behinderung; Sport Ausgleichsvorgabe) …

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  • 109handicap — Something that hampers a person in an endeavor or activity. A game, especially golf or bowling, in which the competition is equalized by artificially burdening the better players and favoring the players with an inferior record by adding to or… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 110November Handicap — Handicap race November Handicap Location Doncaster Racecourse Doncaster, England Inaugurated 1876 Race type Flat / Thoroughbred Sponsor Betfred Website …

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