two-handed

[ too-han-did ]

adjective
  1. having two hands.

  2. using both hands equally well; ambidextrous.

  1. involving or requiring the use of both hands: a two-handed sword; a two-handed backhand.

  2. requiring the hands of two persons to operate: a two-handed saw.

  3. engaged in by two persons: a two-handed game.

Origin of two-handed

1
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Other words from two-handed

  • two-hand·ed·ly, adverb
  • two-hand·ed·ness, noun

Words Nearby two-handed

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How to use two-handed in a sentence

  • Bassam reached out and shook my hand, his two-handed grip like a vice—grateful, to be sure, but reaffirming his dominance.

  • They might have been compared to a rapier and a two-handed broadsword.

    The Highgrader | William MacLeod Raine
  • And the foremost of the troop, a thick dwarfish man with a huge two-handed sword, stood aside.

    The Long Night | Stanley Weyman
  • This gentleman hath a two-handed sword, a good foot longer than that of our friend.

    The White Company | Arthur Conan Doyle
  • As he spoke, the two combatants advanced from either end in full armor with their two-handed swords sloping over their shoulders.

    The White Company | Arthur Conan Doyle

British Dictionary definitions for two-handed

two-handed

adjective
  1. requiring the use of both hands

  2. ambidextrous

  1. requiring the participation or cooperation of two people

Derived forms of two-handed

  • two-handedly, adverb

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