Left-footed

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of one who plays sports with their left foot in preference to, or more skillfully than their right.
  2. 2
    Played using the left foot

    "Poised link-up play between Essien and Lampard set the Ghanaian midfielder free soon after but his left-footed shot from outside the box was too weak."

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"Rachel's left-footed piledriver smacked the goalpost and rebounded away to safety to a chorus of agonised groans from the terraces."

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