handicapped
Meaning of handicapped
- (of a person) having a condition that markedly restricts their ability to function physically, mentally, or socially.
a special school for handicapped children
his third child was born severely handicapped
- act as an impediment to.
lack of funding has handicapped the development of research
mid 17th century: from the phrase hand in cap ; originally a pastime in which one person claimed an article belonging to another and offered something in exchange, any difference in value being decided by an umpire. All three deposited forfeit money in a cap; the two opponents showed their agreement or disagreement with the valuation by bringing out their hands either full or empty. If both were the same, the umpire took the forfeit money; if not it went to the person who accepted the valuation. The term handicap race was applied (late 18th century) to a horse race in which an umpire decided the weight to be carried by each horse, the owners showing acceptance or dissent in a similar way: hence in the late 19th century handicap came to mean the extra weight given to the superior horse.
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Hyphenation of handicapped
hand-i-capped
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- handicapped is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
handicapped synonyms
Meaning disabled:
Meaning a basket with a carrying handle and a hinged lid, used for food, cutlery, and plates on a picnic:
Meaning delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder:
Meaning make it difficult for (someone) to do something or for (something) to happen:
Meaning weaken or damage (something, especially a faculty or function):
Meaning put in an unfavourable position in relation to someone or something else:
Meaning cripple (a person or animal) by cutting their hamstrings:
Meaning reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on:
Meaning deprive (someone or something) of freedom of movement or action:
Meaning examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something:
Meaning block (an opening, path, road, etc.); be or get in the way of:
Meaning make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible:
Meaning restrain or keep in check:
Meaning put a bridle on (a horse):
Meaning compel or force (someone) to follow a particular course of action:
Meaning set or serve as a limit to:
Meaning restrict or impede (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult:
Meaning prevent or hinder the progress of:
Meaning obstruct (someone, especially a candidate for public office) by systematically defaming or vilifying them:
Meaning deprive of freedom of action:
handicapped antonyms
Meaning make it easier or possible for (someone) to do something by offering one's services or resources:
Translation of handicapped
- German: behindert
- Italian: handicappato
- French: handicapé
- Spanish: minusválido, discapacitado
Words that rhyme with handicapped
Kidnapped, SLAPPed, affrapped, attrapped, backslapped, backstrapped, becapped, bestrapped, bewrapped, bitmapped, bootstrapped, buttstrapped, capped, catnapped, chapped, clapped, crapped, dapped, dewlapped, dognapped, drapped, entrapped, enwrapped, flapped, frapped, gapped, genapped, giftwrapped, happed, interlapped, interwrapped, inwrapped, japped, kidnapped, knapped, kneecapped, lapped, livetrapped, mapped, mishapped, mousetrapped, mudcapped, multihandicapped, napped, nightcapped, nonhandicapped, outrapped, overhandicapped, overlapped, overtapped