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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

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fist [fɪst] n → poing m

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fist [fɪst] n → Faust f

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fist [fɪst] n → pugno