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
When the fight was announced, I vowed that I would not be bamboozled into buying into this fistic vaudeville act.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2017
While it makes little fistic sense, Barry Hearn says he could have sold out Wembley Stadium many times over – although maybe not at the tailend of winter.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 19, 2016
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
One Ajax finally removed his coat and invited the Radical to a fistic encounter in the garden—if he felt aggrieved.
From The Siege of Kimberley by T. Phelan
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