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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.
Printing. index (def. 8).
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
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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