Saturday, December 27, 2014

SOUTHPAW

WORD: SOUTHPAW

MEANING:
1.
a. Using the left hand more skillfully or easily than the right.
b. Sports Swinging from left to right: a left-handed batter; a left-handed golfer.
2.
a. Done with the left hand.
b. Intended for wear on or use by the left hand: left-handed scissors.
3. Awkward; maladroit.
4. Of doubtful sincerity; dubious: left-handed flattery; a left-handed compliment.
5. Of, relating to, or born of a morganatic marriage.
6.
a. Turning or spiraling from right to left; counterclockwise.
b. Rotating counterclockwise; levorotatory.
7. left hand

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The RCB skipper lashed out against the previous criticism of the southpaw and said players of Yuvraj's stature need  to be backed.
2. The young, vivacious southpaw that was Phillip Hughes

PRONOUNCE:
south paw - साउथ्पॉ

LINK: SOUTHPAW

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