handicap
US /ˈhændiˌkæp/
・UK /ˈhændikæp/
B1
noun
- Disadvantage preventing you from making progress
- (Offensive) a physical or mental disability
- Number indicates a golf player's skill level
- Race in which the fastest horses carry weights
verb
- To make it difficult for someone to make progress
- To add weight to horses in a race