fist
noun
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
fisted
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past participleof fist.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof fist.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
fistnounthe hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
Example Sentences
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With the always-excellent Paudie Clifford influential early on, Kerry feasted on Mayo nerves to register the game's three opening scores, with David Clifford striking twice after Dylan Casey fisted over the bar.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Then I throw a good splitter to Rooker and he fisted over first at like 60 miles per hour.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2024
The Angels scored twice in the first inning when Shohei Ohtani and Anthony Rendon singled, Jared Walsh fisted a run-scoring single to shallow left and Rendon scored on a passed ball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2022
Their heads snapped right and left as punches landed, and their coaches called out the kind of direction that has echoed through gyms going back to the days when people fought bare fisted.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2021
In Cathair she gasped out loud, crumpling the sheets into her fisted hands.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
