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Handicap
Handicap Hand"i*cap, n. [From hand in cap; -- perh. in
reference to an old mode of setting a bargain by taking
pieces of money from a cap.]
1. 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; as, the handicap was five seconds, or
ten pounds, and the like.
2. 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.
3. An old game at cards. [Obs.] --Pepys.
HandicapHandicap Hand"i*cap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handicapped; p. pr.
& vb. n. Handicapping.]
To encumber with a handicap in any contest; hence, in
general, to place at disadvantage; as, the candidate was
heavily handicapped.
Meaning of Handicap from wikipedia
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sport or game:
Handicap race (disambiguation)
Handicap (chess)
Handicap (golf)
Handicap (go)
Handicap (sailing)
Handicap (shogi)
Handicapping,
various methods...
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Handicapping, in
sport and games, is the
practice of ****igning
advantage through scoring compensation or
other advantage given to
different contestants...
- A golf
handicap is a
numerical measure of a golfer's ability, or
potential ability, that is used to
enable players of
different abilities to
compete against...
- A polo
handicap is a
system created by
Henry Lloyd Herbert, the
first president of the
United States Polo ****ociation, at the
founding of the USPA in 1890...
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Asian handicap betting is a form of
betting on
football in
which teams are
handicapped according to
their form so that a
stronger team must win by more...
- the game of Go, a
handicap is
given to
offset the
strength difference between players of
different ranks. In the game of Go, a
handicap is
given by means...
- The
Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle, is a
Grade 3
National Hunt
hurdle race in
Great Britain which is open to
horses aged four
years or older. It is run at Ascot...
- Self-
handicapping is a
cognitive strategy by
which people avoid effort in the
hopes of
keeping potential failure from
hurting self-esteem. It was first...
- The
handicap principle is a
disputed hypothesis proposed by the
Israeli biologist Amotz Zahavi in 1975. It is
meant to
explain how "signal selection" during...
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Handicap race may
refer to:
Handicap (horse racing), a race in
which horses carry different weights Handicap (greyhound racing), a race in
which greyhounds...
