handicapper

noun

hand·​i·​cap·​per ˈhan-di-ˌka-pər 

-dē-

1

: a person who assigns handicaps

2

: a person who predicts the winners in a contest (such as a horse race)

3

: a person who competes with a (specified) handicap (as in golf)

—usually used in combination

a 5-handicapper

Examples of handicapper in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Nonpartisan election handicappers Cook Political and Sabato’s Crystal Ball from the University of Virginia Center for Politics rate the New Jersey gubernatorial race as leaning Democratic. —Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 27 Sep. 2025

Barrett's is one of 18 seats viewed as a toss-up by nonpartisan election handicapper The Cook Political Report, . —Zac Anderson, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025

Some longtime bullish technical market handicappers have been using 6,600 as an upside target for nearly a year (John Kolovos at Macro Risk Advisors and Craig Johnson of Piper Sandler among them). —Michael Santoli, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025

Not surprisingly, both parties have made the 13th District a top target in 2026; handicappers rate the contest a toss-up, even as the field sorts itself out. —Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1751, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for handicapper

• capper
• clapper
• dapper
• flapper
• kapur
• mapper
• napper
• rapper
• sapper
• snapper
• tapper
• trapper