southpaw

Meaning of southpaw

noun
  1. a left-handed boxer who leads with the right hand.
    he needed three rounds to work out the Mexican southpaw before taking over
    Penalosa's lack of mobility is counterbalanced by his southpaw stance

mid 19th century (denoting the left hand or a punch with the left hand): the usage in baseball is from the orientation of the diamond to the same points of the compass, causing the pitcher to have his left hand on the south side of his body.

Information about southpaw

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of southpaw is: southpaws.
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Hyphenation of southpaw

south-paw

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • southpaw is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

southpaw synonyms

Meaning left-handed pitcher:

lefty

Meaning left-hander:

lefty

Words that rhyme with southpaw

jinghpaw

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