Two-hander

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

Something which requires two hands to handle, such as:.

Definitions by Sense

1. Something which requires two hands to handle, such as:
2. (tennis, informal) Two-handed backhand.
3. (theater, film) A play, film, or television programme with only two main characters.
4. An ambidextrous person.

Example Sentences

In May 2011, Chéreau came to the Young Vic theatre in London to direct I Am the Wind, a 70-minute two-hander written by the Norwegian Jon Fosse, which Michael Billington in the Guardian found "hypnotic", admiring the production's "visual bravura".

With a screenplay by Carax and Ron and Russell Mael of Sparks (who also wrote the music and lyrics), the film is largely a two-hander about a famous couple and their talented daughter — the title character.

All the President's Men, the 1976 chronicle of the exposé of Watergate that led to the resignation of Richard Nixon, is a consummate two-hander with Hoffman.

Ambidexterity is represented by such names as […] Sir Daniel Wilson […] whom, after nearly eighty years of Ambidextral experience as a highly developed two-hander […]

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