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

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