Meaning

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

    a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand

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

    лева́кlevák, лева́чкаleváčka

    a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right

  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.

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Tom is a lefty.

    Том шульга.

    ruТом левша.

    deTom ist Linkshänder.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  2. Are you a lefty?

    ruТы левша?

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  3. Righty tighty, lefty loosey.

    Вправо — закручувати, вліво — відкручувати.

    ruВправо - закручивать, влево - откручивать.

    CC0 · Tatoeba · shekitten · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  4. I'm a lefty.

    Я шульга.

    ruЯ левша.

    deIch bin Linkshänder.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · FeuDRenais · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  5. Tim is a lefty.

    deTim ist Linkshänder.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · bekindtoall · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
one who has left-wing political views:

Origin

Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-

Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: lefties
Singularlefty
Plurallefties

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms
rightyrightie

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
lefty — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto