fist
/fɪst/
Dictionary
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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