four-handed

[ fawr-han-did, fohr- ]

/ ˈfɔrˈhæn dɪd, ˈfoʊr- /

adjective

involving four hands or players, as a game at cards: Bridge is usually a four-handed game.

intended for four hands, as a piece of music for the piano.

having four hands, or four feet adapted for use as hands; quadrumanous.

Also four-hand

[fawr-hand, fohr-] /ˈfɔrˌhænd, ˈfoʊr-/ (for defs. 1, 2).

Origin of four-handed

First recorded in 1765–75

Words nearby four-handed

fourfold purchase, four-footed, four-four time, four freedoms, fourgon, four-handed, Four-H Club, Four Horsemen, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Four Hundred, four-hundred-day clock

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Example sentences from the Web for four-handed

We shot a good deal of game—quadruped, four-handed, and feathered.
On the Banks of the Amazon|W.H.G. Kingston
They have hitherto been classed together in the same order with Apes which Blumenbach called Quadrumana (four-handed).
The History of Creation, Vol. II (of 2)|Ernst Haeckel
In the four-handed game either each player plays for himself, or two adjacent players play against the other two.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8|Various
A four-handed game of snooker is in as rapid progress as is reasonably possible.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, July 25, 1917|Various

They are the smallest and most lively of the four-handed family, and in all caravans, they are the favorites of young observers.
Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom|Samuel Griswold Goodrich

British Dictionary definitions for four-handed

four-handed

adjective

(of a card game) arranged for four players

(of a musical composition) written for two performers at the same piano

Derived forms of four-handed

four-handedly, adverb

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	four-handed
释义	four-handed [ fawr-han-did, fohr- ] / ˈfɔrˈhæn dɪd, ˈfoʊr- / adjective involving four hands or players, as a game at cards: Bridge is usually a four-handed game. intended for four hands, as a piece of music for the piano. having four hands, or four feet adapted for use as hands; quadrumanous. Also four-hand [fawr-hand, fohr-] /ˈfɔrˌhænd, ˈfoʊr-/ (for defs. 1, 2). Origin of four-handed First recorded in 1765–75 Words nearby four-handed fourfold purchase, four-footed, four-four time, four freedoms, fourgon, four-handed, Four-H Club, Four Horsemen, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Four Hundred, four-hundred-day clock Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for four-handed We shot a good deal of game—quadruped, four-handed, and feathered. On the Banks of the Amazon\|W.H.G. Kingston They have hitherto been classed together in the same order with Apes which Blumenbach called Quadrumana (four-handed). The History of Creation, Vol. II (of 2)\|Ernst Haeckel In the four-handed game either each player plays for himself, or two adjacent players play against the other two. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8\|Various A four-handed game of snooker is in as rapid progress as is reasonably possible. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, July 25, 1917\|Various They are the smallest and most lively of the four-handed family, and in all caravans, they are the favorites of young observers. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom\|Samuel Griswold Goodrich British Dictionary definitions for four-handed four-handed adjective (of a card game) arranged for four players (of a musical composition) written for two performers at the same piano Derived forms of four-handed four-handedly, adverb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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