two-handed

See also: twohanded

English

Alternative forms

• twohanded

Etymology

From two +‎ handed.

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, slang, dated) Good with one's fists; able to fight well.
   • 1845, The Sportsman's Magazine of Life in London and the Country, page 355:

     The Baker was a two-handed hitter, and seemed perfectly awake to the business before him.

Derived terms

• two-handed game
• two-handedly
• two-handedness

References

• (able to fight well): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Adverb

two-handed (not comparable)

1. In a two-handed manner.