Two-fisted

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Using both fists (or, figuratively, hands). not-comparable

    "[Tim] Henman's view is that [Andy] Murray must aim to have [Rafael] Nadal hitting two-fisted backhands on the run."

  2. 2
    Energetic, enthusiastic. informal, not-comparable

    "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."

  3. 3
    Inclined to fight, belligerent not-comparable

    "[Terry] Pratchett was pert with his detractors: "Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one." He might have said the same thing about a sense of humour, and that two-fisted partisanship, the willingness to hit back at an occasionally superior response to his work, made him kin to much of his audience, who had to defend their reading choices – especially in the 80s, before the 90s geek revolution made our obsessions cool – against charges of meaninglessness or childishness."

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"[Tim] Henman's view is that [Andy] Murray must aim to have [Rafael] Nadal hitting two-fisted backhands on the run."

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