FIST

fist, clenched fist

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

fist (plural fists)

A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward.

(printing) The pointing hand symbol ☞.

(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

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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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