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fist

/fɪst/
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noun

  • A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward.

    "The boxer's fists rained down on his opponent in the last round."

  • The pointing hand symbol ☞.
  • The characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or CW operator when sending Morse code.
  • A person's characteristic handwriting.
  • A group of men.
  • The talons of a bird of prey.
  • An attempt at something.

verb

  • To strike with the fist.

    "...may not score a point with his open hand(s), but may score a point by fisting the ball. Damian Cullen. "Running the rule." The Irish Times 18 Aug 2003, pg. 52."

  • To close (the hand) into a fist.
  • To grip with a fist.
  • To fist-fuck.

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