"southpaw" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsaʊθˌpɔː/, /ˈsaʊθˌpɑ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-southpaw.ogg [US], en-au-southpaw.ogg [Australia] Forms: southpaws [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊθpɔː, -aʊθpɑ Etymology: From south + paw. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|south|paw}} south + paw Head templates: {{en-noun}} southpaw (plural southpaws)
  1. (informal, idiomatic) One who is left-handed, especially in sports. Tags: idiomatic, informal Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-southpaw-en-noun-iHFnXWCz Disambiguation of People: 32 32 36 Categories (other): English bahuvrihi compounds Disambiguation of English bahuvrihi compounds: 40 42 18
  2. (informal, idiomatic) One who is left-handed, especially in sports.
    (baseball) A left-handed pitcher.
    Tags: idiomatic, informal Categories (topical): Baseball, People Translations (baseball: left-handed pitcher): vasuri (Finnish), サウスポー (sausupō) (alt: さうすぽー) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-southpaw-en-noun-WzsPf63c Disambiguation of People: 32 32 36 Categories (other): English bahuvrihi compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English bahuvrihi compounds: 40 42 18 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 55 6 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 35 58 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 32 60 8 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'baseball: left-handed pitcher': 27 68 5
  3. A boxer who leads with the right hand and guards with the left Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-southpaw-en-noun-WnHCwks- Disambiguation of People: 32 32 36 Categories (other): English bahuvrihi compounds Disambiguation of English bahuvrihi compounds: 40 42 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (one who is left-handed): left-hander, lefty Translations (informal: one who is left-handed): һулаҡай (hulaqay) (Bashkir), ezkerti (Basque), vasuri (Finnish), gaucher [masculine] (French), gauchère [feminine] (French), Linkshänder [masculine] (German), Linkshänderin [feminine] (German), 左利き (hidarikiki) (alt: ひだりきき) (Japanese), mańkut [masculine] (Polish), leworęczny [masculine] (Polish), canhoteiro [masculine] (Portuguese), левша́ (levšá) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), zurdo [masculine] (Spanish), zurda [feminine] (Spanish), kaliwete (Tagalog), nedetaskilan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), nedetahiskilan [masculine] (Volapük), nedetajiskilan [feminine] (Volapük)
Disambiguation of 'one who is left-handed': 46 46 9 Disambiguation of 'informal: one who is left-handed': 45 46 9

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "informal: one who is left-handed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nedetajiskilan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "baseball: left-handed pitcher",
      "word": "vasuri"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さうすぽー",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sausupō",
      "sense": "baseball: left-handed pitcher",
      "word": "サウスポー"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "southpaw"
  ],
  "word": "southpaw"
}

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