two-handed Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective equally skillful with each hand
    ambidextrous.
    • an ambidextrous surgeon
  2. adjective satellite requiring two hands or designed for two people
    bimanual.
    • a two-handed sledgehammer
    • a two-handed crosscut saw
    • a machine designed for bimanual operation

WordNet

Two"-hand`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Having two hands; -- often used as an epithet equivalent to large, stout, strong, or powerful. "Two-handed sway." Milton.
  2. Used with both hands; as, a two-nanded sword.
    That two-handed engine [the sword]. Milton.
  3. Using either hand equally well; ambidextrous.

Webster 1913