fist bump

Save This Word!

noun Informal.

a gesture of greeting, friendship, triumph, etc., in which two people make a fist and bump each other's knuckles.

QUIZ

QUIZ YOURSELF ON "IS" VS. "ARE"

"Is" it time for a new quiz? "Are" you ready? Then prove your excellent skills on using "is" vs. "are."

Question 1 of 7

IS and ARE are both forms of which verb?

Origin of fist bump

First recorded in 1995–2000

fist-bump, verb

Greg broke into a big laugh and gave me a fist bump as we walked to the green.
In North Carolina, a visit to ‘the cradle of American golf’|Chris Lindsley|June 25, 2021|Washington Post
The pair makes a hell of a problem-solving team, jazz hands and fist bumps and all.
Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary and the soft, squishy science of language|Lee Hutchinson|May 28, 2021|Ars Technica
The former believed in the role of the state as a provider, while the latter favored an iron fist approach to governance.
How WWI Produced the Holocaust|J.P. O’Malley|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Last year he lunged at me with his fist and threatened to kill me again.
I Was Pregnant When He Hit Me. Here's #WhyIStayed.|Anonymous|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Doctor Strange, Iron Fist, Black Panther and The Runaways are other projects on the horizon.
Fear of a Minority Superhero: Marvel's Obsession with White Guys Saving the World|Marlow Stern|August 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He grabbed a fist full of hair in one take, and we were pretty banged up by the end of it.
Patricia Arquette Uncut: Drunken Mischief with Johnny Depp, ‘True Romance’ Crush, and ‘Boyhood’|Marlow Stern|July 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So, I haul off and belt him, two or three times, with my fist.
The Stacks: The Judas Priest Teen Suicide Trial|Ivan Solotaroff|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He shut his fist and hit Butterface a weak but well intended right-hander on the nose.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
Aristide picked it up and began to dance and shake his fist at the invisible police.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
She took to staring out across the grounds again, and one hand drew up slowly till it was doubled into a tight-shut little fist.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
There was a picture of Madame Lebrun with Robert as a baby, seated in her lap, a round-faced infant with a fist in his mouth.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Once again, the strong, black fist was clinched in the approaching monster's face.
A Lost Hero|Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and Herbert D. Ward