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noun

the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.

Informal. the hand.

Informal. a person's handwriting.

Printing. index (def. 8).

verb (used with object)

to make (one's hand) into a fist.

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

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noun

feist.

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World English Dictionary

fist (fɪst)

—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 five]

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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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Idioms & Phrases

fist

see hand over fist.