four-handed

[fawr-han-did, fohr-]

four-hand·ed

[fawr-han-did, fohr-]
adjective
1.
involving four hands or players, as a game at cards: Bridge is usually a four-handed game.
2.
intended for four hands, as a piece of music for the piano.
3.
having four hands, or four feet adapted for use as hands; quadrumanous.
Also, four-hand [fawr-hand, fohr-] (for defs. 1, 2).


Origin:
1765–75
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To four-handed

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Four-handed is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
Collins
World English Dictionary
four-handed
 
adj
1.  (of a card game) arranged for four players
2.  (of a musical composition) written for two performers at the same piano
 
four-'handedly
 
adv

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature