two-handed
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Requiring the use of both hands: Designed for or necessitating the use of both hands simultaneously to operate or wield effectively.
- Designed for two people: Intended to be used or operated by two individuals working together.
- Ambidextrous: Equally skillful with either the left or the right hand.
Usage Examples
Requiring both hands:
- He swung the two-handed sword with great effort.
- This is a two-handed backhand in tennis.
Designed for two people:
- The lumberjacks used a two-handed saw to cut the large log.
- They moved the heavy cabinet using a two-handed carry.
Ambidextrous:
- The two-handed artist could paint beautifully with either hand.
Advanced Usage
- In gaming contexts: Often used to describe a weapon, tool, or character ability in video games or tabletop role-playing games that requires both hands to use, preventing the use of a shield or a second weapon in the other hand.
- In the game, great axes are typically two-handed weapons.
Variants and Related Words
- Two-handedly (adverb): In a manner requiring or using both hands.
- He lifted the crate two-handedly.
- Two-handedness (noun): The quality of being two-handed, either in the sense of requiring two hands or of being ambidextrous.
Synonyms
- Bimanual: Of or involving the use of both hands.
- Ambidextrous: Able to use both hands equally well.
- Double-handed: (Less common) Can sometimes be used synonymously, especially for tools.
Related Phrases
- Two-handed grip: A way of holding something, like a golf club or baseball bat, with both hands.
- Two-handed operation: The process of using a machine or device that requires both hands to activate, often for safety reasons.
Adjective
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requiring two hands or designed for two people
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a two-handed sledgehammer
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a two-handed crosscut saw
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a machine designed for bimanual operation
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equally skillful with each hand
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an ambidextrous surgeon
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