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fist  (fst)

n.

1. The hand closed tightly with the fingers bent against the palm.

2. Informal A grasp; a clutch: had a fortune in their fists and let it go.

3. Printing See index.

tr.v. fist·ed, fist·ing, fists

1. To clench into a fist.

2. To grasp with the fist.

3. Vulgar To insert the fist into the rectum or vagina of (another) as a means of sexual stimulation.

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[Middle English, from Old English fst; see penk^we in Indo-European roots.]

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fist

Noun

a hand with the fingers clenched into the palm [Old English fȳst]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

fist - a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting) clenched fist hand, manus, mitt, paw - the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt"

Translations

fist [fɪst] n → puño

fist [fɪst] n → poing m

fist [fɪst] n → Faust f

fist [fɪst] n → pugno

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fist

n fist [fist]

a tightly closed hand He shook his fist at me in anger. vuis قَبْضَة اليَد юмрук pěst næve die Faust γροθιά, μπουνιά puño rusikas مشت nyrkki poing אֶגרוֹף मुट्ठी šaka ököl tinju hnefi pugno こぶし 주먹 kumštis dūre buku lima vuist knyttneve pięść punho pumn кулак päsť pest pesnica knytnäve กำปั้น yumruk 拳頭 кулак مکّا، مٹّھی quả đấm 拳头