How to pronounce southpaw
American English pronunciation
SOWTH-paw
- IPA
- /ˈsaʊθˌpɔ/
- Syllables
- SOWTH · paw (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What southpaw means
A player or person who uses the left hand
In a sentence: Our team's best pitcher is a southpaw who throws with her left arm.
Where it comes from: No one is sure how it started. It is older than baseball, and in the 1840s it was used in boxing for a punch thrown with the left hand.
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