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lefty

/ˈlɛfti/

lefty noun: one who is left-handed.

Noun

lefty (plural lefties)

  1. (Canada, US, informal) One who is left-handed.
    Antonyms:
    righty, rightie
  2. (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.2015 September 12, Suzanne Moore, “As Jeremy Corbyn was anointed leader, not one female voice was heard”, in The Guardian
    Antonyms:
    righty, rightie
  3. (slang) One's left testicle.
    • I'll bet my lefty he won't show up for work today.
  4. (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 lefty2020 January 18, “Routine”, (CGE) Young Stacks (lyrics), 0:35
    • 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 lefty2022 April 14, “REALIFE”, LF70 (lyrics), 1:29

Adjective

lefty (comparative more lefty, superlative most lefty)

  1. (Canada, US, not comparable) Left-handed.
  2. (Canada, US, not comparable) Intended for left-handed use.
    • The lefty scissors are the ones with the red plastic handles.
  3. (UK, especially, informal) Left-wing.
    • Lefty media
    • Lefty Twitter
    Synonyms:
    woke

lefty meaning in Hindi, Kannada, Punjabi and Nepali

lefty in Hindi

लेफ्टी

lefty in Kannada

ಎಡಚತನ

lefty in Punjabi

lefty, southpaw
ਖੱਬੂ khabbū
lefty, leftist
ਖੱਬੂ khabbū

lefty in Nepali

लेफ्टी

Examples of lefty in a sentence

  • For a right-handed thrower, an in-turn is clockwise, and the opposite for a lefty.
  • For a right-handed thrower, an out-turn is counter-clockwise, and the opposite for a lefty.
  • Teams often use a shift against this lefty.

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Synonyms of lefty

Antonyms

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Forms of lefty

Noun
plurallefties
alternative formleftie
Adjective
comparativemore lefty
superlativemost lefty

Origin of lefty

From left + -y (nominal suffix).

From left + -y (adjectival suffix).

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Questions about lefty

What does lefty mean?
Lefty means one who is left-handed.
What is lefty in Hindi?
Lefty in Hindi is लेफ्टी. See Lefty meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is lefty?
Lefty can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce lefty?
Lefty is pronounced /ˈlɛfti/.
What is the plural of lefty?
The plural of lefty is lefties.

Words near lefty in the dictionary

  1. Leftwiches
  2. leftwing
  3. leftwinger
  4. leftwingers
  5. leftwise
  6. lefty
  7. lefty loosey, righty tighty
  8. leful
  9. lefull
  10. Lefurgey
  11. Lefurgeys

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lefty (page history and authors); lefty (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lefty (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਖੱਬੂ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); lefty (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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