handicap — n. assigned advantage or disadvantage 1) to assign, give a handicap hindrance 2) to overcome a handicap 3) a handicap to 4) under a handicap * * * [ hændɪkæp] give a handicap [ assigned advantage or disadvantage ] to assign [ hindrance ] to… … Combinatory dictionary
hindrance — See handicap. See handicap, hindrance … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
handicap — See handicap, hindrance … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
handicap — han·di·cap n: a physical disability (as a bodily impairment or a devastating disease) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. handicap I … Law dictionary
hindrance — I noun annoyance, arrest, barrier, blockade, bother, check, complication, constriction, detention, deterrent, detriment, difficulty, disadvantage, discouragement, drawback, embargo, encumbrance, hamper, handicap, holdback, impediment,… … Law dictionary
handicap — hand i*cap (h[a^]n d[i^]*k[a^]p), n. [From hand in cap; perh. in reference to an old mode of settling 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
handicap — [n1] disadvantage affliction, baggage*, barrier, block, burden, detriment, disability, drawback, encumbrance, hangup*, hindrance, impairment, impediment, injury, limitation, load, millstone, obstacle, psychological baggage*, restriction,… … New thesaurus
handicap — [han′dē kap΄] n. [orig. a game in which forfeits were drawn from a cap or hat < hand in cap] 1. a) a race or other competition in which difficulties are imposed on the superior contestants, or advantages given to the inferior, to make their… … English World dictionary
hindrance — [n] obstruction, difficulty albatross*, baggage*, ball and chain*, bar, barrier, catch, Catch 22*, check, clog, crimp, cumbrance, deterrent, drag, drawback, encumbrance, excess baggage*, foot dragging*, glitch*, gridlock, handicap, hang up*,… … New thesaurus
hindrance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Something that obstructs Nouns 1. hindrance, obstruction, stoppage; interruption, interception, impedition; retardment, retardation; embarrassment, coarctation, stricture, restriction, restraint,… … English dictionary for students
