handicapper

noun

Definition of handicappernext
as in bookmaker

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Recent Examples of handicapper Pictured above, the hardworking AFP shooter Henry Nicholls produces yet another fine portrait in his shot of a young handicapper luxuriating in the Zenlike smoke-wreathed focus required to select just the perfect and perfectly-priced mounts to back in the next race. — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026 Horses from Japan have to travel more than 6,000 miles and undergo quarantine to compete in the Derby, which is enough to make many handicappers shun them. — Peter Keating, New York Times, 1 May 2026 One reason to doubt the betting prowess of handicappers like Perry, who claims to make tens of millions a year gambling, is that the professional sportsbooks are carefully designed to prevent such success stories. — Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026 The Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan handicapper of congressional elections, has predicted that neither party will gain an overall advantage due to redistricting. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for handicapper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for handicapper
  1. bookmaker
  2. speculator
  3. oddsmaker
  4. tipster
  5. sharper
Noun
  • The British do retain the order of the NYRA morning line by narrowly keeping Golden Tempo at 5-2 as the top favorite, with Renegade breathing down his neck at 10-3 and at one bookmaker at 16-5.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Midnite, the online bookmaker, sponsors Sheffield United, Middlesbrough and Wolverhampton Wanderers, while West Ham United, relegated from the Premier League in May, have been able to retain Boylesports as their leading partner.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of bookmaker
Noun
  • Some call him a land hoarder, or a speculator who has cashed in on skyrocketing property values in gentrifying neighborhoods.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
  • All event contracts have binary outcomes between $0 to $1, and no matter what price a speculator pays to place a trade, someone has to take the other side of that order and make $1 in total volume.
    — Ananya Chetia,Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of speculator
Noun
  • Nonetheless, the Under is pricier at the market-making operations, such as Circa Sports in Las Vegas and the offshore oddsmaker Pinnacle Sportsbook.
    — Geoff Clark OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
  • Pulse Picks The Knicks are still basking in their title, but oddsmakers aren’t so sure about their chances next year.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 16 June 2026
Definition of oddsmaker
Noun
  • That caught the attention of an anonymous tipster who reached out to CBS News Chicago in late January 2026.
    — Irika Sargent, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Shortly thereafter, an anonymous tipster informed the Canadian Food Inspection Agency that some of the farm’s four hundred or so ostriches were dying.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of tipster
Noun
  • Yet as Russian war atrocities have become more evident, and Ukraine’s need for heavy armor has increased, the lines have grown blurrier and the rhetoric sharper.
    — David E. Sanger, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Both offer blistering acceleration and sharper handling than the standard model.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 19 Feb. 2021
Definition of sharper

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