two-fisted

adjective

1. not comparable Using both fists (or, figuratively, hands). [Tim] Henman's view is that [Andy] Murray must aim to have [Rafael] Nadal hitting two-fisted backhands on the run.
2. informal, not comparable Energetic, enthusiastic. I didn't want to do an ethnography, I wanted a two-fisted, action-packed noir. Because that's the kind of book I like to read.
3. not comparable Inclined to fight, belligerent [Terry] Pratchett was pert with his detractors: "Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one." He might have said the same thing about a sense of humour, and that two-fisted partisanship, the willingness to hit back at an occasionally superior response to his work, made him kin to much of