fist

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈfɪst/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/fɪst/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(fist for 1; fīst for 2)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
fist1 /fɪst/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. the hand closed tightly with the fingers doubled into the palm.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
fist1  (fist),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
  2. Informal Termsthe hand.
  3. Informal Termsa person's handwriting.
  4. [Print.]index (def. 8).

v.t. 
  1. to make (one's hand) into a fist.
  2. to grasp in the fist.
  • bef. 900; Middle English; Old English fȳst; cognate with German Faust fist; perh. akin to five

fist2  (fīst),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. feist.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
fist / fɪst/
  1. a hand with the fingers clenched into the palm, as for hitting
  2. Also called: fistful the quantity that can be held in a fist or hand
  3. an informal word for hand, index9
  1. (transitive) to hit with the fist
Etymology: Old English fӯst; related to Old Frisian fest, Old Saxon, Old High German fūst; see five
'fist' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Collocations: sexually explicit: [likes, loves] fist-fucking, [clenched, tightened, loosened] her fist, clenched her hand into a fist, more...

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