fist

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noun
  1. the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.

  2. Informal. the hand.

  1. Informal. a person's handwriting.

  2. Printing. index (def. 8).

verb (used with object)
  1. to make (one's hand) into a fist.

  2. to grasp in the fist.

Origin of fist

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before 900; Middle English; Old English fȳst; cognate with German Faust fist; perhaps akin to five

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fist2
[ fahyst ]

noun

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British Dictionary definitions for fist

fist

/ (fɪst) /


noun
  1. a hand with the fingers clenched into the palm, as for hitting

  2. Also called: fistful the quantity that can be held in a fist or hand

  1. an informal word for hand, index (def. 9)

verb
  1. (tr) to hit with the fist

Origin of fist

1
Old English fӯst; related to Old Frisian fest, Old Saxon, Old High German fūst; see five

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Other Idioms and Phrases with fist

fist

see hand over fist.

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