two-footed

adjective

two-foot·​ed ˈtü-ˈfu̇-təd 

1

a

: involving both feet

a two-footed landing

b

: having or using only two feet

two-footed creatures

What we don't know is exactly how, when, or why we as humans adapted to two-footed locomotion.

—Noel T. Boaz

2

soccer : proficient in the use of both the right foot and the left foot

"I have been so impressed with him," [Fabian] Delph said. "You rarely, if ever, get players who are two-footed in football these days. And when I say two-footed, I mean genuinely two-footed in that they are identical for him. He's great with both."

—Brian Halford

two-footedness noun

Examples of two-footed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In pre-season he's looked excellent: quick, two-footed, front-footed, positive, tricky, powerful, scoring... —Nick Miller, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024

Her clean floor routine edged out two two-footed out-of-bounds landings by Biles, who absorbed six-tenths in neutral deductions for the mistakes. —Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2024

Possibilities include obstacles to go around or over with a hula hoop in hand and designated spots to roll your hula hoop a certain distance, jump rope with it, spin it around the waist for 15 seconds, and/or set it down and hop two-footed in and out of it 10 times. —Catherine Holecko, Parents, 16 July 2024

Some version of this dog can do jumps, flips, stretching, shaking hands, sitting down, and all sorts of two-footed hopping. —Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 21 July 2023

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b