Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Sports & Games One who assigns handicaps.
- n. Sports & Games One who predicts the winners in a horserace, especially one who publishes such predictions as a guide for bettors.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who handicaps; one employed to determine the amount of the handicaps in a contest.
Wiktionary
- n. One who determines the conditions of a handicap.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who determines the conditions of a handicap.
WordNet 3.0
- n. someone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race)
Examples
“This little habit of his'n spoils him 'cause he's too good, 'n' the best he gets from a handicapper is a hundred 'n' eighteen -- that kind of weight lets him out.”
“This article will address a "handicapper" strategy in which a statistical analysis of the last 82 years of historical Animas River discharge curves will point to the most likely dates for high water.”
“Colts owner Jim Irsay likens Polian's ability to pick "ones" to a veteran handicapper picking horses.”
“What the sensational handicapper luminary Stevie Vincent is.”
“The political handicapper Charlie Cook changed Indiana from lean Democrat to lean Republican after Bayh's announcement.”
“The handicapper: Tens of thousands of factors go into evaluation”
“He's extremely talented, said independent political handicapper Stu Rothenberg.”
“Charlie Cook, a respected political handicapper, rates the race as lean Republican in Kirk's favor.”
Kirk mentions BP, accuses Giannoulias of distracting in new ad
“Stuart Rothenberg, another respected handicapper, rates the contest as a toss-up.”
Kirk mentions BP, accuses Giannoulias of distracting in new ad
“Veteran political handicapper Stuart Rothenberg said it's possible that Brown could get 40%, or more, of the popular vote.”
Dodd and Dorgan aside, Senate election focus should be on Massachusetts
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Handy Words
List of words and phrases referring to the hand, hands, fist, or derivatives of the Latin manus, beginning with left-handed.
left-handed, double-fisted, fisticuffs, handy, right-handed, two-handed, manual, manumission, manuscript, manually, manustupration, manudiction and 162 more...
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