fistic
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of fistic
Example Sentences
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The office also arrested five teens ages 16 and 17 on a count each of disturbing the peace by fistic encounter.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2023
There are a lot of those, in the air and underwater, fistic and fiery, sad and rousing, nearly every one of which will remind you of stuff you’ve seen a dozen times before.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
Unlike so many of his fistic brethren who balloon up and down in weight between fights, Mayweather stays in fighting shape all year round; his is a deceptively monastic lifestyle.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 26, 2017
If it all sounds like Mayweather-Pacquiao will be a fistic version of notorious Broadway catastrophe Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark—bargain basement entertainment at Rodeo Drive costs—that’s not far off.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2015
While the two contestants were waiting nervously in their corners the announcer, Joe Humphries, had the proudest moment of his career when he gathered the great figures of the fistic world into the same ring.
From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle) Spencer
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