southpaws

Meaning of southpaws

plural 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 southpaws

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

south-paws

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • southpaws is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with southpaws

paws, Quapaws, papaws, forepaws, catspaws, spaws, pawpaws

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