单词 | right-footer |
释义 | right-footern. 1. A person who uses the right foot more naturally than the left; a person (esp. a sportsperson) whose right foot is stronger or more dexterous than the left. Cf. left-footer n. 1.In quot. 1864 with reference to an episode in Voltaire's Zadig (1747), in which the protagonist, Zadig, reconciles two religious sects divided by the question of which foot to use first when stepping into the Temple of Mithras. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > [noun] > favouring one side > person ciotóg1832 left-footer1864 right-footer1864 southpaw1871 right-hander1885 sinistral1889 port-sider1899 molly-hander1911 molly-dook1922 dextral1927 lefty1927 cuddy wifter1929 molly-dooker1934 northpaw1960 1864 Times 5 Sept. 12/4 The sects of the right-footers and the left-footers were saved from mutual annihilation by the suggestion that they should jump into their temple with both feet together. 1914 W. G. Anderson & W. L. Anderson Man. Physical Training for Boys & Girls ix. 81 If the vaulter is a ‘left footer’, the pole is carried on the right side; if a ‘right footer’, on the left side. 1932 Scotsman 25 Jan. 6/1 The winger is a right-footer, and wasted time in changing feet before shooting. 1979 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 92 136 Of the right-footers, 91.9% will be right-handers and 17.7% will be left-handers. 2013 P. McVeigh Stupid Footballer is Dead 90 Although I was a right-footer I played most of my career on the left side. 2. A kick executed with the right foot. Also (Association Football): a shot, pass, or clearance made by kicking a ball with the right foot. Cf. left-footer n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres footer1781 place-kick1845 place-kicking1845 punt1845 miskick1868 footwork1871 goal-kicking1871 shinning1873 punt kick1876 tackle1876 heading1887 dribble1889 throw-in1896 breakaway1906 right-footer1906 set piece1938 long ball1954 scissors kick1955 1906 Bureau County (Illinois) Tribune 5 Jan. 6/4 The aforesaid bovine..dealt him a right footer below the knee that put him down for the count. 1934 China Press (Shanghai) 29 Apr. (Sporting Pink section) 1/3 Rutherford..scored with a terrific low right-footer. 1988 Sunday Times (Nexis) 24 Apr. The feeble right-footer with which the Spurs midfielder wasted his opportunity. 2010 F. Bondy Chasing Game xiii. 106 Bradley's second goal, a sharp right-footer off a pass from Donovan. 3. slang (chiefly depreciative, sometimes considered offensive). A Protestant; (also occasionally) a Roman Catholic. Now somewhat rare. [After left-footer n. 3; compare etymological note at that entry.] ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Roman Catholicism > person > [noun] papist1528 Romanist1534 Roman1537 Romist1543 papistic1545 popestant1549 flesh-maker1551 mass-monger1551 Romish1551 Pope catholicc1554 popeling1563 catholic1570 Romish Catholic1571 popera1577 Pope worshipper1579 papane1581 Roman Catholic1581 Cacolike1582 Cartholic1582 papisha1595 Babylonian1603 papal1611 popinian1613 Papalin1616 Romulist1620 papicolist1633 western1640 papagan1641 universalist1644 red-letter man1677 RC1691 Azymite1728 papalist1752 craw-thumper1786 catholicist1812 papisher1817 pontifical1832 Romanite1839 dogan1847 mickey1851 redneck1852 mackerel-snatcher1855 Latin1867 Romanensian1885 Roman candle1897 Mick1902 Mick Dooley1905 Mickey Doo1905 left-footer1911 Pape1927 right-footer1929 Doolan1940 tyke1941 Tim1958 mackerel-snapper1960 Teague1971 Mickey Doolan1972 society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > [noun] > person evangelical1532 gospeller1533 Protestant?1551 tropist1561 proculstant1589 tropic1607 evangelic1620 religionary1622 reformed1679 Prot1725 Prod1837 gospellist1845 right-footer1929 left-footer1933 Christian1951 Proddy Dog1954 Proddy-hopper1958 Proddy-woddy1959 Proddy1963 1929 E. L. McKenna Hardware ii. 12 The charcoal and hard coal business was full of Far-downs, right-footers and left-footers, Irish and Orangemen. 1955 Q. J. Reynolds Headquarters ix. 166 You're a right footer, Frankie. Isn't there something in your religion that says you shouldn't put a guy in the hot seat unless you're sure he belongs there? 1984 F. McGuinness Borderlands in M. Drury Three Team Plays (1988) 156 Laser. Provo. Fluke. Paisleyite. Laser. Left-footer. Fluke. Right-footer. Laser. I'm getting confused. Which is which? 2002 D. Lundy Way of Ship (2003) ii. 85 It helped that they were both right-footers—that is, that they had a shared Protestant view of the turbulent Irish world. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1864 |
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