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two-handed

two-handed adjective: using or designed for use by both hands at once.

Adjective

two-handed (not comparable)

  1. Using or designed for use by both hands at once.
  2. Involving, or designed for use by, two people.
    • a two-handed game of cards
  3. Ambidextrous.
  4. Having two hands.
  5. (UK, dated, slang) Good with one's fists; able to fight well.
    • The Baker was a two-handed hitter, and seemed perfectly awake to the business before him.1845, The Sportsman's Magazine of Life in London and the Country, page 355

Adverb

two-handed (not comparable)

  1. In a two-handed manner.

Forms of two-handed

alternative formtwohanded

Origin of two-handed

From two + handed.

Words formed from two-handed

Phrases with two-handed

Questions about two-handed

What does two-handed mean?
Two-handed means using or designed for use by both hands at once.
What part of speech is two-handed?
Two-handed can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near two-handed in the dictionary

  1. two-four times
  2. two-fours
  3. two-hand sword
  4. two-hand swords
  5. two-hand touch
  6. two-handed
  7. two-handed game
  8. two-handed games
  9. two-handedly
  10. two-handedness
  11. two-hander

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