Syn: lefthander, southpaw.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand.
Syn: left-handed pitcher, left-hander, southpaw. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Lefty — may refer to: * A left handed person, who uses their left hand more than their right. * In baseball, a batter who bats left handed (and thus stands on the left side of home plate as viewed by the pitcher), or a pitcher who throws with the left… … Wikipedia
lefty — (n.) left handed person, 1886, Amer.Eng., baseball slang, from LEFT (Cf. left) + Y (Cf. y) (3). Political sense by 1935 … Etymology dictionary
lefty — (also leftie) ► NOUN (pl. lefties) informal 1) a left wing person. 2) a left handed person … English terms dictionary
lefty — ☆ lefty [lef′tē ] n. pl. lefties Slang 1. a left handed person 2. LEFTIST … English World dictionary
Lefty — La Lefty es un sistema de suspensión para bicicletas de montaña desarrollado por la empresa estadounidense Cannondale. La revolución tecnológica del Lefty Las horquillas Lefty empezaron con la introducción de la horquilla Headshok . Este tipo de… … Wikipedia Español
lefty — [[t]le̱fti[/t]] lefties also leftie 1) N COUNT: oft N n (disapproval) If you refer to someone as a lefty, you mean that they have socialist beliefs. [mainly BRIT, INFORMAL] ...a large group of students and trendy lefties. 2) N COUNT A lefty is… … English dictionary
lefty — left|y leftie [ˈlefti] n plural lefties 1.) informal especially BrE someone who has left wing political ideas used to show disapproval, ▪ a group of liberals and lefties 2.) informal especially AmE someone who uses their left hand for writing,… … Dictionary of contemporary English
lefty — UK [ˈleftɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms lefty : singular lefty plural lefties informal someone who is left wing … English dictionary
lefty — noun (plural lefties) Date: 1886 1. left hander 2. an advocate of leftism • lefty adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
lefty — lefty1 /lef tee/, n., pl. lefties. Informal. 1. a left handed person. 2. a leftist. Also, leftie. [1925 30; LEFT1 + Y2] lefty2 /lef tee/, Informal. adj … Universalium
