two-fisted
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.73 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Using both fists (or, figuratively, hands).
adj
Inclined to fight, belligerent
Example Sentences
- "[Tim] Henman's view is that [Andy] Murray must aim to have [Rafael] Nadal hitting two-fisted backhands on the run."
- "Soon, Travaglini was caught two-fisted, with a Kane's bacon-crumble in one hand and a maple-bacon doughnut from Union Square in the other."
- "The Diner […] a locally owned, '50s-themed diner where you can get a hearty breakfast, country-fried steak and two-fisted sandwiches."
- "I didn't want to do an ethnography, I wanted a two-fisted, action-packed noir. Because that's the kind of book I like to read."
- "Anyone who doesn't have a great time in San Francisco is pretty much dead to me. […] It's a two-fisted drinking town, a carnivorous meat-eating town, it's dirty and nasty and wonderful."
- "If you are already a fan of Samuel Fuller's uncompromising pulp cinema, you'll be delighted by this new documentary tour covering the life and career of the director, writer, and producer. If you've never encountered one of his two-fisted yarns, you'll almost certainly wonder how you got this far without stumbling across this flabbergasting character."