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Audio Help [fist] Pronunciation Key –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 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). |
| 5. | to make (one's hand) into a fist. |
| 6. | to grasp in the fist. |
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| fist
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n.
tr.v. fist·ed, fist·ing, fists
[Middle English, from Old English fȳst; see penkwe in Indo-European roots.] |
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| in·dex
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n. pl. in·dex·es or in·di·ces (-dĭ-sēz')
tr.v. in·dexed, in·dex·ing, in·dex·es
[Middle English, forefinger, from Latin; see deik- in Indo-European roots.] in'dex'er n. |
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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 ult. from PIE *pengke "five" (cf. O.C.S. pesti, Rus. piasti "fist"). Fisticuff is first recorded 1605, from fist + cuff (q.v.).
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| fist | |
noun | |
| a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting) |
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fist
see hand over fist.
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
fist [fist] noun
a tightly closed hand
Example: He shook his fist at me in anger.
Example: He shook his fist at me in anger.
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Fist
Fest\, n. [See Fist.] The fist. [Obs.] --Chaucer.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Fist
Fist\, n. [OE. fist, fust, AS. f?st; akin to D. vuist, OHG. f?st, G. faust, and prob. to L. pugnus, Gr. ? fist, ? with the fist. Cf. Pugnacious, Pigmy.]1. The hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; the closed hand, especially as clinched tightly for the purpose of striking a blow. Who grasp the earth and heaven with my fist. --Herbert. 2. The talons of a bird of prey. [Obs.] More light than culver in the falcon's fist. --Spenser. 3. (print.) the index mark [[hand]], used to direct special attention to the passage which follows. Hand over fist (Naut.), rapidly; hand over hand.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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) used in printing to call attention to a particular paragraph or section. Also called fist, hand.













