fist
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[edit] English
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From Old English fȳst. Cognate with Dutch vuist, Old High German fūst, German Faust.
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fist (plural fists)
- hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward
- The boxer's fists rained down on his opponent in the last round.
- (printing) the pointing hand symbol
- (ham radio) the characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or CW operator when sending Morse code
[edit] Translations
clenched hand
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(printing) the pointing hand symbol
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- Scottish Gaelic: dòrn m.
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[edit] Verb
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to fist (third-person singular simple present fists, present participle fisting, simple past and past participle fisted)
- 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 fist-fuck
