Southpaw

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Southpaw \South"paw`\, a. (Baseball)
     Using the left hand in pitching; said of a pitcher. [Cant]
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Southpaw \South"paw`\, n.
     A pitcher who pitches with the left hand. [Cant]
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  southpaw
       n 1: a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand
            [syn: {left-handed pitcher}, {left-hander}, {left hander},
             {lefthander}, {lefty}]
       2: a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the
          right; "their pitcher was a southpaw" [syn: {left-hander},
           {lefty}]