Definitions for fist
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. fist, clenched fistnoun

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. fistnoun

   hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward

   The boxer's fists rained down on his opponent in the last round.

2. fistnoun

   the pointing hand symbol

3. fistnoun

   the characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or CW operator when sending Morse code

4. fistnoun

   a person's characteristic handwriting

5. fistnoun

   fisting

6. fistverb

   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.

7. fistverb

   To close (the hand) into a fist.

8. fistverb

   To fist-fuck.

9. Etymology: 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.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FISTnoun

   The hand clenched with the fingers doubled down, in order to give a blow, or keep hold.

   Etymology: fist, Saxon.

   She quick and proud, and who did Pas despise,
   Up with her fist, and took him on the face;
   Another time, quoth she, become more wise;
   Thus Pas did kiss her hand with little grace. Philip Sidney.

   And being down, the villain sore did beat
   And bruise with clownish fists his manly face. Fairy Queen.

   Anger causeth paleness in some; in others trembling, swelling, foaming at the mouth, stamping, and bending the fist. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 716.

   And the same hand into a fist may close,
   Which instantly a palm expanded shows. John Denham.

   Tyrrheus, the foster-father of the beast,
   Then clench’d a hatchet in his horny fist. John Dryden, Æn.

2. To Fistverb

   1. To strike with the fist.

   I saw him spurning and fisting her most unmercifully. Dryd.

   2. To gripe with the fist.

   We have been down together in my sleep,
   Unbuckling helms, fisting each other’s throat,
   And wak’d half dead with nothing. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fist

   A fist is the shape of a hand when the fingers are bent inward against the palm and held there tightly. To make or clench a fist is to fold the fingers tightly into the center of the palm and then to clamp the thumb over the middle phalanges; in contrast to this "closed" fist, one keeps the fist "open" by holding the thumb against the side of the index finger. One uses the closed fist to punch the lower phalanges against a surface, or to pound with the little-finger side of the hand's heel; one uses the open fist to knock with the middle knuckle of the middle finger.

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1. fist

   A fist is a human's hand when the fingers are bent in towards the palm and held there tightly, typically as a gesture of physical aggression or to hold or manipulate an object.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fistnoun

   the hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; the closed hand, especially as clinched tightly for the purpose of striking a blow

2. Fistnoun

   the talons of a bird of prey

3. Fistnoun

   the index mark [/], used to direct special attention to the passage which follows

4. Fistverb

   to strike with the fist

5. Fistverb

   to gripe with the fist

6. Etymology: [OE. fist, fust, AS. fst; akin to D. vuist, OHG. fst, G. faust, and prob. to L. pugnus, Gr. pygmh` fist, py`x with the fist. Cf. Pugnacious, Pigmy.]

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1. Fist

   Traditional Heavy Metal/Hard Rock band, founded in Ontario, Canada in 1977.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fist

   fist, n. the closed or clenched hand.—v.t. to strike or grip with the fist.—n. Fistiā′na, anecdotes about boxing and boxers.—adj. Fist′ic (Dickens), pugilistic.—ns. Fist′icuff, a blow with the fist: (pl.) boxing, blows; Fist′-law, the law of brute force.—adj. Fist′y. [A.S. fýst; Ger. faust.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fist

   A treasure map

   In Treasure Island Flint's "Fist" refers to the map of Flint's treasure. The blind man cursed the money. "Flint's fist, I mean," he cried. "We don't see it here nohow,"

   Etymology: Modern English Treasure Island [Stevenson, Robert Louis] 1882

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on September 16, 2020  

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British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fist' in Nouns Frequency: #2198

Anagrams for fist »

1. fits

2. sift

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fist in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of fist in a Sentence

1. Siddharth Astir:

   Your soul is like a fist, you have to open it to leave an imprint in life.

2. David Rinetti:

   The Angels didnt starter Andrew Heaney said. Many of The Angels didnt, including Justin Upton and Brian Goodwin, took a knee for the national anthem while As players Khris Davis and Tony Kemp raised a right fist to the air. Los Angeles opened the season in Oakland for a fourth straight year. TWO DECADES At age 40, Albert Pujols earned Albert Pujols 20th consecutive opening day start in as many years the fifth player to start the opener in 20 straight years. The others : Pete Rose, Carl Yastrzemski, Eddie Murray and Frank Robinson. Pete Rose went 0 for 3 with a walk. Pretty spectacular, isnt it ? New Angels manager Joe Maddon said. That puts it all in perspective how great New Angels manager Joe Maddon is, what New Angels manager Joe Maddon career has looked like, just to get 20 opportunities, right, youve got to be good. Weve had a lot of great conversations lately, he and I. Very happy for him and his family. I know its important to him. Hes definitely ready to rock and roll. TRAINERS ROOM Angels : New 3B Anthony Rendon missed the opener with an oblique injury. Hes been progressing, Im encouraged, New Angels manager Joe Maddon said. Athletics : LHP A.J. Puk, on the injured list with a strained shoulder, played catch. General manager David Forst said Puk would go to the clubs alternate site in San Jose when the club hits the road. Puk had cortisone and platelet rich plasma injections Monday. Its going to be at least a couple weeks of just playing catch, manager Bob Melvin said. Were a ways off before we have an update on him. WHAT A FEAT David Rinetti, As vice president of stadium operations, marked David Rinetti 40th opening day with the organization after working David Rinetti first in 1981 as a high school junior. David Rinetti received a 113-page document to get the ballpark ready in two weeks. Its pretty incredible. It was a lot of work.

3. Oliver Wendell Holmes:

   The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.

4. Frank I. Cobb:

   The Bill of Rights is a born rebel. It reeks with sedition. In every clause it shakes its fist in the face of constituted authority... It is the one guarantee of human freedom to the American people.

5. Patrick Smith:

   The US's just this over abundance of guns and the fact that we no longer have that argument or fist fight in the backyard anymore, the US's an argument that leads directly to a handgun, something that we haven't seen in a long time.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fist
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fist
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=fist
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fist
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fist
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=fist
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=fist