lefty
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 5
/ˈlɛfti/
Definition of lefty
7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (Canada, US, informal)One who is left-handed.
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noun
- (Canada, US, informal)One who is left-handed.
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(UK, informal)One who has left-wing political views.
“The new brocialism cares deeply about women’s issues of course – just not enough to elect an actual woman. They don’t need to, because good lefties speak for all us. They don’t even notice gender.”
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(slang)One's left testicle.
“I'll bet my lefty he won't show up for work today.”
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(Multicultural-London-English, slang, uncommon)One's left hand.
“This pole gets whipped, I miss dishing it, putting red on the can like Pepsi Govs said I defy, I never been right but my yank does love my lefty”
“Spin that whip, let me see that dog, Imma blam that goal like Messi, shit gets messy – and I still get him down with my lefty”
adj
- (Canada, US, not-comparable)Left-handed.
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(Canada, US, not-comparable)Intended for left-handed use.
“The lefty scissors are the ones with the red plastic handles.”
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(UK, informal)Left-wing.
“The prospect of an Argentinian amalgam of Bolsonaro and Trump taking power has horrified progressive voters and also, apparently, Pope Francis, whom Milei has bad-mouthed as a “lefty son of a bitch”.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From left + -y (nominal suffix).
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