1
: the hand clenched with the fingers doubled into the palm and the thumb doubled inward across the fingers
2
: the hand closed as in grasping : clutch
3
fisted; fisting; fists
Examples of fist in a Sentence
Noun
He pounded his fist on the table in anger.
She pounded on the door with both fists.
He defiantly shook his fist at the policeman.
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EW.com, 3 July 2024
There is a tremendous amount of spectacular fighting, often including flying; fist fights bring down entire buildings while leaving the combatants without a scratch.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 1 July 2024
Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 June 2024
But hockey fights almost always involve mutual, bone-crushing blows, fists jackhammering from powerful shoulders, sometimes fracturing bones, tearing tissue and rattling brains.
—David Waldstein, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
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Noun
Matt Murdock will have to fight Kingpin with more than just his fists in Daredevil: Born Again.
—EW.com, 3 July 2024
There is a tremendous amount of spectacular fighting, often including flying; fist fights bring down entire buildings while leaving the combatants without a scratch.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 1 July 2024
Verb
Watch baseball, football, or any team sport: Players support each other and strengthen their bonds by interacting with each other in high fives, hands clasping or shaking, fists bumping, pats on the head or back—and even hugs.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 June 2024
But hockey fights almost always involve mutual, bone-crushing blows, fists jackhammering from powerful shoulders, sometimes fracturing bones, tearing tissue and rattling brains.
—David Waldstein, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
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“Fist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fist. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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noun
: the hand clenched with the fingers doubled into the palm and the thumb doubled inward across the fingers
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