Definitions for FISTfɪst

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

fistfɪst(n.)

the hand closed tightly with the fingers doubled into the palm.
Category: Printing
Ref: index (def. 5). 8
(v.t.)to clench into a fist.
to grasp in the fist.

Origin of fist:

bef. 900; ME; OE fȳst

Princeton's WordNet

fist, clenched fist(noun)
a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

fist(noun)ɪst
your hand when your fingers are tightly curled inward
He made a fist, as if he were going to hit me.

Wiktionary

fist(Noun)
hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward
The boxer's fists rained down on his opponent in the last round.
fist(Noun)
the pointing hand symbol u261E
fist(Noun)
the characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or CW operator when sending Morse code
fist(Noun)
a person's characteristic handwriting
fist(Noun)
fisting
fist(Verb)
To strike with the fist.
...may not score a point with his open hand(s), but may score a point by fisting the ball. Damian Cullen. "Running the rule." The Irish Times 18 Aug 2003, pg. 52.
fist(Verb)
To close (the hand) into a fist.
fist(Verb)
To fist-fuck.

Origin: from fyst, from funstiz (compare West Frisian fûst, Dutch vuist, German Faust), from pn̥kʷ-sti 'fist' (compare Lithuanian kumste, Old Church Slavonic pęstĭ), from *pénkʷe 'five'. More at five.

Webster Dictionary

Fist(noun)
the hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; the closed hand, especially as clinched tightly for the purpose of striking a blow
Fist(noun)
the talons of a bird of prey
Fist(noun)
the index mark [/], used to direct special attention to the passage which follows
Fist(verb)
to strike with the fist
Fist(verb)
to gripe with the fist