See Also: fist(1)(dictionary)
fist(2)(dictionary)
fist(3)(dictionary)
fist(4)(dictionary)
fist(dictionary)
fist fight(dictionary)
The Fist Beach(tourism)
Monkey Fist - Sailing(gambling)
clenched fist sign(medicine)

fist(2) (iou)



fist noun1.
[Old English fst = Old Frisian fest, Middle Low German fust (Dutch vuist), Old High German fust (German Faust), from West Germanic.]
The hand clenched with the fingers bent into the palm (so esp. in striking a blow and in holding something); grasp, grip. OE.
R. L. Stevenson The blind man clung close to me, holding me in one iron fist. E. Baker He was sure Shillitoe would swing his right fist and tensed, ready to block the blow.
The hand. Now only joc. ME.
T. Pynchon She was near the door with an unidentifiable drink in her fist.
b. Typography. A hand-shaped symbol with a pointing finger used to draw attention to a note etc. Also called index. Cf. HAND noun 8b. L19.
One's handwriting (now only joc.); transf. the style of transmitting by telegraph peculiar to an individual operator. L15.
Phrases: give us your fist shake hands. hand over fist: see HAND noun. make a fist at, make a fist of colloq. bungle, be unsuccessful at. make a good fist at, make a good fist of colloq. make a good attempt at, succeed in doing well. make a poor fist at, make a poor fist of colloq. make a poor attempt at, fail to do well.
Comb.: fist-fight a fight with bare fists, esp. a spontaneous one; fist-fucking coarse slang (a) male masturbation; (b) the sexual act or practice of inserting one's hand into another's vagina or rectum.
fistful noun the quantity held by a fist, a handful E17.
fisti'ana noun pl. [-ANA] publications or other items concerning or associated with boxing M19.