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单词 righty
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Definition of righty in English:

righty

nounPlural righties ˈrʌɪtiˈrīdē
North American informal
  • 1A right-handed person.

    righties can't see first base as well as left-handers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The tournament was broken down into weight classes for men and women, as well as for righties and lefties.
    • It was a little difficult because he was a lefty and I was a righty but we had managed before and we did this time.
    • These clever machines can be set for backhand, forehand, approach and volleys - for lefties or righties - and they exist only at two places in the country.
    • The May Medal is to be played on Saturday week with Lefties versus righties.
    • I'm a righty, so I lead with that side of my body, thus my right side is a little bit larger than my left side.
    • Or, are you a righty who wishes he had been born a lefty?
    • You have to know your opponent: whether he's a righty or a lefty, whether he throws straight punches, or if he's a guy that holds on.
    • Since I'm left handed and she's a righty, we share a pair as we find it's easier to wear one glove when removing leaves.
    • Another result concerning handedness of the progeny of discordant monozygotic twins suggests that lefties are one gene apart from righties.
    • You'll be able to isolate which pitchers do best with three, four or five or more days rest; how they do against lefties or righties and which tend to perform best before or after the All Star Game break for example.
    • We left-handers are considered more creative than them righties.
    • It is thought that this is because right-handed people are not used to facing lefties because there are fewer of them, while left-handed people play against righties most of the time.
  • 2A person who supports or is involved in right-wing politics.

    for a long generation, ‘security’ connoted national defense and was a hot-button word for righties
    Example sentencesExamples
    • However to all you righties out there this is just a start to how we attack this issue.
    • Allow only lefties to review books by other lefties, as righties are too opposed to their views to give them a fair hearing?
    • Thus the righties are more inclined to sing one tune - the tune of those in positions of authority - and lefties are more inclined to have many, varied perspectives on any given issue.
    • And for the gun maniacs out there, I am neither a lefty nor a righty, nor do I belong to any political party or affiliation.
    • I'd say we righties aren't predictable mainly because we don't bitch very much - we just run things, like businesses, or countries.
    • However, there is a fundamental difference in the philosophies of lefties and righties that makes righties more tolerant of corporate corruption.
    • ‘There is only one voice being heard, which is the voice of the extremists, the righties on their side, calling for war,’ the student said.
 
 

Definition of righty in US English:

righty

nounˈrīdē
North American informal
  • 1A right-handed person.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We left-handers are considered more creative than them righties.
    • I'm a righty, so I lead with that side of my body, thus my right side is a little bit larger than my left side.
    • Or, are you a righty who wishes he had been born a lefty?
    • It is thought that this is because right-handed people are not used to facing lefties because there are fewer of them, while left-handed people play against righties most of the time.
    • You have to know your opponent: whether he's a righty or a lefty, whether he throws straight punches, or if he's a guy that holds on.
    • Since I'm left handed and she's a righty, we share a pair as we find it's easier to wear one glove when removing leaves.
    • The May Medal is to be played on Saturday week with Lefties versus righties.
    • It was a little difficult because he was a lefty and I was a righty but we had managed before and we did this time.
    • Another result concerning handedness of the progeny of discordant monozygotic twins suggests that lefties are one gene apart from righties.
    • You'll be able to isolate which pitchers do best with three, four or five or more days rest; how they do against lefties or righties and which tend to perform best before or after the All Star Game break for example.
    • The tournament was broken down into weight classes for men and women, as well as for righties and lefties.
    • These clever machines can be set for backhand, forehand, approach and volleys - for lefties or righties - and they exist only at two places in the country.
  • 2A rightist.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And for the gun maniacs out there, I am neither a lefty nor a righty, nor do I belong to any political party or affiliation.
    • ‘There is only one voice being heard, which is the voice of the extremists, the righties on their side, calling for war,’ the student said.
    • Allow only lefties to review books by other lefties, as righties are too opposed to their views to give them a fair hearing?
    • Thus the righties are more inclined to sing one tune - the tune of those in positions of authority - and lefties are more inclined to have many, varied perspectives on any given issue.
    • However, there is a fundamental difference in the philosophies of lefties and righties that makes righties more tolerant of corporate corruption.
    • I'd say we righties aren't predictable mainly because we don't bitch very much - we just run things, like businesses, or countries.
    • However to all you righties out there this is just a start to how we attack this issue.
adverbˈrīdē
US
  • With the right hand or as customary for a right-handed person.

    he bats righty
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He also would bowl the first ball right-handed and challenge himself to pick up the spare left-handed, then starting lefty and finishing righty.
    • What I always tell lefties is if you can possibly play righty do so.
 
 
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