twoˈ-for-his-heels noun (old)

A rascal or knave (from the score for turning up a knave in cribbage)

twoˈ-forked adjective

Having two prongs or branches

twoˈ-four adjective and adverb (music)

With two crotchets to the bar

twoˈ-hand adjective (Shakespeare)

For two hands

twoˈ-handed adjective

1. With or for two hands
2. For two persons
3. Ambidextrous
4. Strapping

two-handˈedly adverb

two-handˈer noun

Anything designed for, written for or requiring both hands or two people (eg actors)

twoˈ-headed adjective

1. Having two heads
2. Directed by two authorities

twoˈ-horse adjective

For two horses (two-horse race any contest in which only two of the participants have a genuine chance of winning)

twoˈ-inch adjective

Measuring two inches

twoˈ-leaved or twoˈ-leafed adjective

1. With two leaves or leaflets
2. With leaves in twos

twoˈ-legged adjective

With two legs

twoˈ-line adjective (printing)

Having double depth of body

twoˈ-lipped adjective

1. Having two lips
2. Bilabiate

twoˈ-masted adjective

Having two masts

twoˈ-mastˈer noun

A two-masted ship

twoˈ-pair or twoˈ-pair-of-stairs adjective

On a second floor

noun

A room so situated

twoˈ-part adjective

Composed in two parts or for two voices

twoˈ-parted adjective

1. Bipartite
2. Divided into two nearly to the base

twopence /tupˈəns/ or (decimalized currency) two pence /too pens/ noun

1. The sum of two pennies
2. A coin worth two pence

twoˈpence-coloured adjective see under penny

twopenny /tupˈni/ adjective

1. Sold, offered at or worth twopence
2. Cheap, worthless

noun

1. Ale sold at twopence a quart
2. In leapfrog, the head

twopenny-halfpenny /tupˈni-hāpˈni/ or twopence-halfpenny adjective

Paltry, petty

two-pennˈyworth or two-penn'orth /too-penˈərth/, also (chiefly Scot) twopenceworth /tupˈ/ noun

1. An amount worth twopence
2. One's own contribution to a debate

twoˈ-phase adjective

(of an electrical circuit, device, etc) employing two phases whose voltages are displaced from one another by ninety electrical degrees

twoˈ-piece noun

Anything consisting of two separate parts, pieces or members (also adjective)

twoˈ-ply adjective

1. Having two layers, or consisting of two strands
2. Woven double

noun

Wool or yarn consisting of two strands twisted together

two-pot screamer noun (Aust sl)

A person who gets drunk on a comparatively small amount of alcohol

two-power standard noun (historical)

The principle that the strength of the British Navy must never be less than the combined strength of the navies of any two other powers

twoˈ-roomed adjective

twoˈ-score noun and adjective

Forty

twoˈseater noun

1. A vehicle or aeroplane seated for two
2. A sofa for two

twoˈ-sidˈed adjective

1. Having two surfaces, aspects or parties
2. Facing two ways
3. Double-faced
4. Having the two sides different

two-sidˈedness noun

two-speed gear noun

A gear-changing contrivance with two possibilities

two-start thread see double-threaded screw under double

twoˈ-step noun

1. A gliding dance in duple time
2. A tune for it

intransitive verb

To dance the two-step

twoˈ-storeyed or twoˈ-storˈey adjective

twoˈstroke adjective

1. (of an engine cycle) consisting of two piston strokes
2. Relating to or designed for such an engine

noun

An engine working in such a way

twoˈ-time transitive verb and intransitive verb

1. To deceive, esp to be unfaithful to a spouse or partner
2. To double-cross

twoˈ-timer noun

A person who deceives or double-crosses

twoˈ-timing adjective and noun

twoˈ-tone adjective

1. Having two colours or two shades of the same colour
2. (of eg a car horn) having two notes

twoˈ-up noun

(in NZ and Australia) a game in which two coins are tossed and bets made on both falling heads up or both tails up

two-up, two-down noun and adjective

(a small, traditionally built terraced house) having two bedrooms upstairs and two reception rooms downstairs

twoˈ-way adjective

1. Permitting passage along either of two ways esp in opposite directions
2. Able to receive and send signals (radio)
3. Of communication between two persons, groups, etc, in which both participate equally
4. Involving shared responsibility
5. Able to be used in two ways
6. Having a double mode of variation or two dimensions (mathematics)

two-way mirror noun

One functioning as a mirror on one side and able to be seen through on the other

twoˈ-wheeled adjective

Having two wheels

two-wheelˈer noun

A vehicle with two wheels, esp a motor-cycle, or formerly a hansom cab

twoˈ-year-old adjective

noun

A child, colt, etc aged two

be two

To be at variance

in two

Asunder, so as to form two pieces

in two twos or two ticks (slang)

In a moment

put two and two together see under put¹

that makes two of us (informal)

The same thing applies to me

two by two

In pairs

two or three

A few

heel¹ /hēl/

noun

1. The hind part of the foot below the ankle
2. The whole foot (esp of animals)
3. The part of a shoe, etc that covers or supports the heel
4. A spur
5. The hinder part of anything, such as a violin bow
6. A heel-like bend, as on a golf club
7. A knob
8. The top, bottom or end of a loaf or a cheese
9. A despicable person, often someone who lets others down (slang)
10. A wrestler who cultivates an antagonistic relationship with the audience, opp to face

transitive verb

1. To execute or perform with the heel
2. To strike with the heel
3. To supply with a heel
4. To arm with a spur, as a fighting cock
5. To seize by the heels
6. To tie by the heels
7. To follow at the heels of
8. To supply with a weapon, money, etc

intransitive verb

1. (of a dog) to follow well
2. To move one's heels to a dance rhythm
3. To kick the ball backwards out of the scrum with the heel (rugby)

heeled adjective

1. Provided with a heel, shod
2. (as -heeled) in combination, signifying (of shoes) having a heel of a specified type (as in high-heeled), and used figurative in well-heeled comfortably off

heelˈer noun

1. Someone who heels, in any sense
2. A person who follows at heel, such as an unscrupulously faithful follower of a party boss
3. A dog that herds livestock by following and barking at their heels (Aust)

heelˈing noun

1. A heel-piece (Spenser)
2. The act of making or attaching a heel

heelˈball noun

A black waxy composition for blacking the edges of heels and soles of shoes and boots, and for taking brass rubbings, etc

heelˈbar noun

A shop or counter where shoes, etc are repaired

heelˈ-bone noun

The calcaneum, the bone that forms the heel of the foot

heelˈ-piece noun

A piece or cover for the heel

heelˈtap noun

1. A layer of material in a shoe-heel
2. A small quantity of liquor left in the glass after drinking (old)

Achilles' heel see under Achillean

at (or on or upon) the heels of

Following close behind

back on one's heels

1. Driven back by an opponent
2. On the defensive

bring to heel

To cause or persuade to come to heel

clap by the heels same as lay by the heels (see below).

come to heel

1. To come in behind
2. To obey or follow like a dog
3. To submit to authority

cool one's heels

To be kept waiting for some time

dig in one's heels

To behave stubbornly

down at heel

1. Having the heels of one's shoes trodden down
2. Slovenly
3. In poor circumstances

heel and toe

With strict walking pace, as opposed to running (also intransitive verb to use the heel and toe of one foot to operate both the brake and accelerator pedals, eg when driving a racing car)

heel in

To cover the roots of (plants, etc) temporarily with earth to keep them moist (also hele in)

heel of Achilles see under Achillean

heels o'er gowdy (Scot) or heels over head (archaic)

Upside down

kick one's heels

To endure a period of inactivity

kick up one's heels

To gambol or frisk

lay by the heels

1. To fetter
2. To put in confinement

out at heel

1. Having one's heels showing through holes in the socks or stockings
2. Shabby

set by the heels same as lay by the heels (see above).

set (one) back on one's heels

To surprise, astonish one

show a clean pair of heels

To run off

take to one's heels

To flee

tread on someone's heels

To come crowding behind

trip up someone's heels

To trip up or overthrow someone

turn on (or upon) one's heel

To turn sharply round, to turn back or away

two for his heels

(in cribbage) a score for turning up the jack

under the heel

Crushed, ruled over tyrannically

walk to heel

(of a dog) to walk obediently at the heels of the person in charge of it, under control