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overhandicap

overhandicap verb: to handicap excessively.

Verb

overhandicap (third-person singular simple present overhandicaps, present participle overhandicapping, simple past and past participle overhandicapped)

  1. (transitive) To handicap excessively.

Forms of overhandicap

third-person singular presentoverhandicaps
present participleoverhandicapping
past participleoverhandicapped
pastoverhandicapped

Origin of overhandicap

From over- + handicap.

Questions about overhandicap

What does overhandicap mean?
Overhandicap means to handicap excessively.
What part of speech is overhandicap?
Overhandicap is a verb.
What is the past tense of overhandicap?
The past tense of overhandicap is overhandicapped.

Words near overhandicap in the dictionary

  1. overhalls
  2. overhand
  3. overhand knot
  4. overhand knots
  5. overhanded
  6. overhandicap
  7. overhandicapped
  8. overhandicapping
  9. overhandicaps
  10. overhanding
  11. overhandle

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