a hand with the fingers clenched into the palm, as for hitting - Also called: fistful
the quantity that can be held in a fist or hand - an informal word for hand,
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to hit with the fist
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025 fist1 /fɪst/USA pronunciation
n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
fist1
(fist),USA pronunciation n.
v.t.
fist2 (fīst),USA pronunciation n.
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'fist' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Boxer
- Heimlich maneuver
- backfist
- bash
- bate
- beat
- belt
- biff
- blow
- bop
- box
- boxer
- brass knuckles
- buffet
- cast
- clash
- clench
- closefisted
- cold-cock
- coup
- coup de poing
- cuff
- double
- feist
- feisty
- finger
- fistfight
- fistful
- fistic
- fisticuff
- fisticuffs
- fistnote
- fizzle
- foist
- ham-handed
- hand
- handball
- hang
- hard-fisted
- impugn
- index
- iron
- isometric exercise
- knead
- knock
- knuckle sandwich
- knuckle-duster
- kulak
- mailed fist
- mill
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