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noun
1.
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
2.
Informal. the hand.
3.
Informal. a person's handwriting.
4.
verb (used with object)
5.
to make (one's hand) into a fist.
6.
to grasp in the fist.
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Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English fȳst; cognate with German Faust fist; perhaps akin to five
before 900; Middle English; Old English fȳst; cognate with German Faust fist; perhaps akin to five
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fist (fɪst) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a hand with the fingers clenched into the palm, as for hitting |
| 2. | Also called: fistful the quantity that can be held in a fist or hand |
| 3. | hand an informal word for index |
| —vb | |
| 4. | (tr) to hit with the fist |
| [Old English fӯst; related to Old Frisian fest, Old Saxon, Old High German fūst; see | |
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Word Origin & History
fist
O.E. fyst, from W.Gmc. *fustiz (cf. O.H.G. fust, O.Fris. fest, M.Du. vuust, Ger. Faust), from P.Gmc. *fukhstiz, probably ultimately from PIE *pengke "five" (cf. O.C.S. pesti, Rus. piasti "fist").
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American Heritage
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Example sentences
He imagined placing a city in the palm of his hand, making his hand into a fist, making the city into a happier place.
Most of all, never let the public know there is an iron fist inside your velvet glove.
The next thing he knew, he was lying on the floor beside his bed and had nearly put his fist through the bedroom wall.
When dismissing someone or some idea or both, he made a fist and then exploded it, fingers splaying wide.
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