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FIST
fist, clenched fist
(noun) a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
fist (plural fists)
A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward.
(printing) The pointing hand symbol ā.
(ham radio) The characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or CW operator when sending Morse code.
(slang) A person's characteristic handwriting.
A group of men.
The talons of a bird of prey.
(informal) An attempt at something.
Synonyms
• bunch of fives
• fist-size
• ductus
Verb
fist (third-person singular simple present fists, present participle fisting, simple past and past participle fisted)
To strike with the fist.
To close (the hand) into a fist.
To grip with a fist.
(slang) To fist-fuck.
Etymology 2
Verb
fist (third-person singular simple present fists, present participle fisting, simple past and past participle fisted)
(intransitive) To break wind.
Noun
fist (plural fists)
The act of breaking wind; fise.
A puffball.
Anagrams
• FITs, FiTs, ITFs, TIFs, fits, sift
Proper noun
FIST
Acronym of Future Infantry Soldier Technology.
Anagrams
• FITs, FiTs, ITFs, TIFs, fits, sift
Source: Wiktionary
Fist, n. Etym: [OE. fist, fust, AS. f; akin to D. vuist, OHG. f, G. faust, and prob. to L. pugnus, Gr. Pugnacious, Pigmy.]
1. The hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; the closed hand, especially as clinched tightly for the purpose of striking a blow. Who grasp the earth and heaven with my fist. Herbert.
2. The talons of a bird of prey. [Obs.] More light than culver in the falcon's fist. Spenser.
3. (print.)
Definition: the index mark [], used to direct special attention to the passage which follows. Hand over fist (Naut.), rapidly; hand over hand.
Fist, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fisting.]
1. To strike with the fist. Dryden.
2. To gripe with the fist. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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