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Definitions for Fist

[1] the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
[2] Informal . the hand.
[3] Informal . a person's handwriting.
[4] Printing . index(def 8) .
[5] to make (one's hand) into a fist.
[6] to grasp in the fist.
[7] feist.
[8] Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
[9] South Midland U.S. to prance or strut about: Look at him feist around in his new clothes.
[10] a hand with the fingers clenched into the palm, as for hitting
[11] Also called: fistful the quantity that can be held in a fist or hand
[12] an informal word for hand, index (def. 9)
[13] (tr) to hit with the fist

Words related to Fist

paw, hand, grip, clutch, vise, grasp, hold, clasp, mitt

Words nearby Fist

fissure of rolando, fissure of round ligament, fissure of sylvius, fissure of venous ligament, fissured fracture, fist, fist bump, fist pump, fistfight, fistful, fistiana

Origin of Fist

eist1760–70; compare (from 16th cent.) fisting hound, fisting cur, as contemptuous epithets for any kind of dog (present participle of fist to break wind, late Middle English; compare Old English fisting breaking wind, Middle Low German vīst, German Fist fart); (def 2) perhaps back formation from feisty

Word origin for Fist

Old English fӯst ; related to Old Frisian fest , Old Saxon, Old High German fūst ; see five

Synonyms for Fist

clenched fist, hand, paw, clasp, clutch, grasp, grip, hold, mitt, vise