fist
1
[ fist ]
/ fɪst /
noun
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
Informal.
the hand.
Informal.
a person's handwriting.
Printing.
index(def 8).
verb (used with object)
to make (one's hand) into a fist.
to grasp in the fist.
Origin of fist
1Words nearby fist
Definition for fist (2 of 3)
Definition for fist (3 of 3)
feist
or fice fist
[ fahyst ]
/ faɪst /
noun
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.
a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
verb (used without object)
South Midland U.S.
to prance or strut about: Look at him feist around in his new clothes.
Origin of feist
1760–70; 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
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British Dictionary definitions for fist
fist
/ (fɪst) /
noun
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, index (def. 9)
verb
(tr)
to hit with the fist
Word Origin for fist
Old English
fӯst; related to Old Frisian
fest, Old Saxon, Old High German
fūst; see
five
Idioms and Phrases with fist
fist
see hand over fist.