handicap

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Something that prevents, hampers, or hinders.

   “Age is often a handicap.”

2. isim 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.

   “The older boy won, even though his opponent had been granted a handicap of five meters.”

3. isim An individual's physical or mental disadvantage or disability.
4. isim 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.
5. isim An old card game, similar to lanterloo.

   “Here some of us fell to handicap, a sport that I never knew before, which was very good.”

6. isim Synonym of hand-in-cap (“old English trading game”).
7. fiil To encumber with a handicap in any contest.
8. fiil To place at disadvantage.

   “The candidate was handicapped by her lack of experience.”

9. fiil To estimate betting odds.

   “Grandpa Andy would buy the racing form the day ahead of time so he could handicap the race before he even arrived at the track.”