lefty

English

Alternative forms

• leftie

Etymology

left +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛfti/

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -ɛfti

Noun

lefty (plural lefties)

1. (Canada, US, informal) One who is left-handed.

   Synonyms: left-hander, southpaw, leftie

   Antonyms: righty, rightie

2. (chiefly UK, informal, politics) One who has left-wing political views.

   Synonyms: leftist, left-winger, leftie

   Antonyms: righty, rightie

3. (slang) One's left testicle.

   I'll bet my lefty he won't show up for work today.

4. (MLE, slang, uncommon) One's left hand.
   • 2020 January 18, “Routine”, (CGE) Young Stacks (lyrics)‎^[1], 0:35:

     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

   • 2022 April 14, “REALIFE”, LF70 (lyrics), 1:29:

     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

Derived terms

• loony lefty

Translations

left-hander — see left-hander

one who has left-wing political views

• Finnish: vassari (fi)
• French: gaucho (fr) m or f
• Russian: лева́к (ru) m (levák), лева́чка f (leváčka)

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, informal) Left-wing.
   • 2023 October 22, Tom Phillips, Uki Goñi, “‘Bad and dangerous’: Argentina’s Trump on track to become president”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN:

     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”.

Further reading

• “lefty”, in Collins English Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Felty, felty, flyte, yleft