The meaning of HANDICAP is a race or contest in which an artificial advantage is given or disadvantage imposed on a contestant to equalize chances of winning. How to use handicap in a sentence.

A mental or physical disadvantage, such as blindness or a missing leg, is a handicap: something that disables you in some way. Handicaps can also be imposed artificially to even out the odds in …

Golfers, track your USGA Handicap Index®, post your golf scores and print your USGA Handicap card.

Handicaps give people with different abilities an equal chance of winning. My current golf handicap is nine.

Define handicap. handicap synonyms, handicap pronunciation, handicap translation, English dictionary definition of handicap. hinder, impede, incapacitate; to place at a disadvantage: His handicap was …

A handicap is an event or situation that places you at a disadvantage and makes it harder for you to do something. She was away from school for 15 weeks, a handicap she could have done without. Being …

Biology Handicap principle, an evolutionary theory (also known as handicap theory)

2 days ago · 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.

A handicap is a condition or situation that makes progress, success, or achievement difficult, often referring to a physical or mental disadvantage or disability that restricts a person's abilities in certain …