Handicap

What do we mean by handicap?

A race or contest in which contestants are given advantages or compensations to equalize the chances of winning. noun

Such an advantage or penalty. noun

A physical or mental disability. noun

A disadvantage or inconvenience. synonym: disadvantage. noun

To assign handicaps or a handicap to (a contestant). transitive verb

To cause to be at a disadvantage; impede. transitive verb

Handicapped. adjective

An old game at cards, not unlike loo. noun

In racing and athletics, an extra burden placed upon, or a special requirement made of, a superior competitor in favor of an inferior, in order to make their chances more equal. noun

A race in which the supposed superiority of certain competitors is counterbalanced by penalties of additional weight, distance, or time imposed on them, or the inferiority of others is compensated by a certain amount of time or distance granted them in starting; any contest or competition in which an allowance of time or distance or other advantage is given to an inferior competitor: as, the Newmarket handicap. noun

Noting a contest in which certain competitors are handicapped: as, a handicap race or game.

To impose, as upon a competitor in a race or other contest, some disadvantage, such as a penalty of additional weight or distance or an allowance of a start or other advantage to an opponent.

Figuratively, to place at a disadvantage by the imposition of any embarrassment, impediment, or disability: as, handicapped by age, by inexperience, etc.

An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success. noun

A race, for horses or men, or any contest of agility, strength, or skill, in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors. noun

An old game at cards. noun

A physical or mental disability of the body which makes normal human activities more difficult or impossible. noun

Any disadvantage that makes an activity more difficult or impossible. noun

To encumber with a handicap in any contest; hence, in general, to place at disadvantage. transitive verb

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.

(card game) An old card game, similar to lanterloo.

Sometimes used to specify certain parking places....although 95 percent of those with handicap placards aren't truly handicapped. Just fat and lazy. Urban Dictionary

Used to insult someone who acts like a retard. Can be used in place of moron, idiot, or retard. Urban Dictionary

To give your man a blow job or hand job to make him come earlier in the evening in hopes that he will last longer later in the evening, increasing your chances of getting off; An act to make him come now to level the playing field for later sex, similar to a handicap score in golf Urban Dictionary

Anyone caught dribbling, falling over or making stupid noises can be labelled a handicap. e.g. eminem, fifty cent, and ja rule, however they disguise there noises under the term, garage music, or R 'n' B, or "rap" Urban Dictionary

A term that many disabled people actually hate, that is a cutesy euphemism for disabled. Urban Dictionary

Someone with a handicap that he/she thinks he/she can fly like super(wo)man. Urban Dictionary

1. To describe someone with a disability 2. To desribe one who cant do simple things properly Urban Dictionary

Someone who is crippled or handicapped but takes offense at those terms and prefers "handicapable." Urban Dictionary

To have sex in a vacant handicap bathroom. Urban Dictionary

People who are socially handicapped feel uncomfortable in social situations, or they have never learned to interact with others in appropriate ways. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to handicap:
handicap, handcar, handclap, handicaps, hand car.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word handicap:
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Words that rhyme with handicap:
cap, snap, shap, tap, trap, map, app, sap, gap, wrap, rap, scrap, lap, nap, flap, overlap, crap, recap, strap, mishap, zap, slap, clap, bootstrap, pap, chap, asap, hap, yap, frappe, kidnap, madcap, burlap, jap, stopgap, frap, kneecap, entrap, catnap, wiretap, mousetrap, nappe, hubcap, lapp, ascap, zapp, knapp, flytrap, skycap, booby trap, liberty cap, unwrap, saran wrap, backslap, spinal tap, sand trap, napp, water tap, trapp, rapp, sketch map, tapp, yapp, wind gap, dapp, nsdap, plastic wrap, schappe, mapp, cold snap, bubble wrap, giap, trappe, kapp, capp, chin strap, papp, peaked cap, cumberland gap, sapp, stocking cap, gift wrap, death cap, spark gap, stapp, frapp, cervical cap, tent flap, clapp, cradle cap, dimetapp, speed trap, shrap, flat cap, root cap, weather map, relief map, watch cap, toboggan cap, take a crap.

Adjectives that are often used to describe handicap:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective handicap:
accessibility, access, races, racing, race, principle, discrimination, competition, status, sweepstakes, parking, sinks, facilities, plumbing, process, day, index, results, spaces.

Words that sound like handicap:
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