FromMiddle Englishfist, fromOld Englishfȳst(“fist”), fromProto-West Germanic*fūsti, of uncertain origin. Cognate withSaterland FrisianFääste(“fist”),West Frisianfûst(“fist”),Dutchvuist(“fist”),German Low GermanFuust(“fist”),GermanFaust(“fist”). More atfive.
fist (pluralfists)
- Ahand with thefingersclenched orcurled inward.
The boxer'sfists rained down on his opponent in the last round.
- (printing) The pointinghand symbol☞.
- (amateur radio) The characteristic signaling rhythm of an individualtelegraph orCW operator when sendingMorse code.
- (slang) A person's characteristichandwriting.
- A group of men.(Can we add anexample for this sense?)
- Thetalons of abird of prey.
- (informal) Anattempt at something.
2015 August 16, Daniel Taylor,The Guardian[1]:City look stronger, fitter and more motivated than last season and even at this early stage the gap feels like a sizeable advantage. Yes, it is way too early to make snap judgments about the impact on the title race. It has, however, been long enough to ascertain thatManuel Pellegrini’s team are going to make a much betterfist of it this time.
2005, Darryl N. Davis,Visions of Mind: Architectures for Cognition and Affect, page144:With the rise of cognitive neuroscience, the time may be coming when we can make a reasonablefist of mapping down from an understanding of the functional architecture of the mind to the structural architecture of the brain.
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clenched hand
- Abkhaz:аҭаҷкум(atačʼkʼum)
- Adyghe:бжым(bžəm)
- Albanian:grusht (sq) m
- Arabic:قَبْضَة f(qabḍa)
- Egyptian Arabic:قبضة f(ʔabḍa),بونية f(buneya),بوكس m(boks)
- Moroccan Arabic:بونية f(bunya)
- Armenian:բռունցք (hy)(bṙuncʻkʻ)
- Aromanian:bush m,shub,pulmu,huftã,mãnatã
- Assamese:মুঠি(muthi)
- Asturian:puñu (ast) m
- Azerbaijani:yumruq (az)
- Bashkir:йоҙроҡ(yoźroq)
- Basque:ukabil
- Belarusian:кула́к (be) m(kulák)
- Bengali:মুষ্টি (bn)(muśṭi),কিল (bn)(kil)
- Bouyei:jianz
- Bulgarian:юмру́к (bg) m(jumrúk),пестни́к (bg) m(pestník),пестни́ца f(pestníca)
- Burmese:လက်သီး (my)(laksi:)
- Catalan:puny (ca) m
- Chechen:буй(buj)
- Cherokee:ᏍᏇᏅᎢ(squenvi)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese:拳頭 /拳头(kyun4 tau4)
- Dungan:чуйту(čuytu)
- Eastern Min:拳頭母 /拳头母(gùng-tàu-mō̤)
- Gan:拳頭 /拳头(qyon2 teu)
- Hakka:拳頭 /拳头(khièn-thèu),拳頭嫲 /拳头嫲(khièn-thèu-mà)
- Hokkien:拳頭母 /拳头母(kûn-thâu-bú, kûn-thâu-bó),拳頭 /拳头 (zh-min-nan)(kûn-thâu)
- Mandarin:拳頭 /拳头 (zh)(quántou)
- Northern Min:拳頭 /拳头(gṳ̂ing-tê)
- Wu:拳頭 /拳头
- Chuvash:чышка(čyška),чӑмӑр(čămăr)
- Classical Nahuatl:māolōlli
- Coptic:ϧⲟⲣⲡⲥ f(xorps),ϭⲁϫⲙⲏ f(cačmē)
- Corsican:pugnu (co) m
- Crimean Tatar:yumrıq,yumruq
- Czech:pěst (cs) f
- Danish:næve c,knytnæve c
- Dolgan:һутурук
- Dutch:vuist (nl) f
- Elfdalian:knåytnevi m
- Esperanto:pugno (eo)
- Estonian:rusikas (et)
- Finnish:nyrkki (fi),koura (fi)
- French:poing (fr) m
- Friulian:pugn m
- Galician:puño (gl) m
- Georgian:მუშტი(mušṭi),მუჭი(muč̣i),მჯიღი(mǯiɣi)
- German:Faust (de) f
- Greek:γροθιά (el) f(grothiá)
- Ancient:πυγμή f(pugmḗ)
- Greenlandic:assak,assak eqeruloorsimasoq
- Gujarati:મૂક્કો(mūkko)
- Hawaiian:puʻupuʻu lima
- Hebrew:אֶגרוֹף (he) m(egróf)
- Hindi:मुट्ठी f(muṭṭhī),मुश्त (hi) f(muśt)
- Hungarian:ököl (hu)
- Hunsrik:Faust f
- Icelandic:hnefi (is) m,kreppt hönd f
- Ido:pugno (io)
- Indonesian:tinju (id)
- Ingrian:kulakka,nyrkki
- Irish:dorn m
- Istriot:poûgno m
- Italian:pugno (it) m
- Japanese:拳 (ja)(こぶし, kobushi)
- Kalasha:موُشؕٹی(muṣṭí)
- Kalmyk:нудрм(nudrm)
- Kannada:ಮುಷ್ಟಿ (kn)(muṣṭi)
- Karachay-Balkar:джумдурукъ(cumduruq)
- Kashubian:pisc f
- Kazakh:жұдырық(jūdyryq)
- Khakas:мунзурух(munzurux),нузурух(nuzurux)
- Khmer:កណ្ដាប់ដៃ (km)(kɑndap day)
- Korean:주먹 (ko)(jumeok)
- Kumyk:юмурукъ(yumuruq)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish:مست (ckb)(mist)
- Northern Kurdish:mişt (ku)
- Kyrgyz:муштум (ky)(muştum),жудурук (ky)(juduruk)
- Lao:ໝັດ(mat),ເງຶ້ອມມື(ngưam mư̄),ມຸດຖິ(mut thi),ກຳປ້ັນ(kam pan)
- Latgalian:dyure f
- Latin:pugnus m
- Latvian:dūre f
- Laz:mcixi
- Lithuanian:kumštis m
- Lombard:pugn (lmo) m
- Luxembourgish:Fauscht f
- Macedonian:тупаница f(tupanica)
- Malay:penumbuk,buku lima (ms),tinju (ms)
- Malayalam:മുഷ്ടി (ml)(muṣṭi)
- Maltese:ponn m
- Manchu:ᠨ᠋ᡠᠵᠠᠨ(nujan)
- Maori:please add this translation if you can
- Marathi:मुठी(muṭhī)
- Mazanderani:میس(mis)
- Meru:nkundi
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic:нударга (mn)(nudarga)
- Mongolian:ᠨᠢᠳᠤᠷᠭᠠ(nidurg-a)
- Neapolitan:punio m
- Nepali:मुट्ठी(muṭṭhī)
- Nogai:юмырык(yumırık)
- Northern Sami:čorbma
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål:knyttneve (no) m
- Nynorsk:knyttneve m
- Occitan:ponh (oc) m,punh (oc) m
- Odia:ମୁଥ (or)(mutha)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic:пѧсть f(pęstĭ)
- Ossetian:тымбылкъух(tymbylk’ux),мустучъи(mustuḱ’i)
- Ottoman Turkish:یومروق(yumruk),مشت(muşt)
- Pashto:سوک (ps) m(suk),ګورمټ m(gurmáṭ)
- Persian:
- Dari:مُشْت(mušt)
- Iranian Persian:مُشْت(mošt)
- Polish:pięść (pl) f
- Portuguese:punho (pt) m
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi:ਮੁੱਠੀ(muṭṭhī)
- Romagnol:pogn m
- Romanian:pumn (ro)
- Romansch:pugn m,puogn m
- Russian:кула́к (ru) m(kulák)
- Samogitian:komstės f
- Sanskrit:मुष्टि (sa) m(muṣṭi)
- Scottish Gaelic:dòrn m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic:пѐсница f
- Roman:pèsnica (sh) f
- Shor:музуруқ
- Sindhi:مک (sd)
- Sinhalese:හස්තය(hastaya)
- Slovak:päsť f
- Slovene:pest (sl) f
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian:pěsć f
- Upper Sorbian:pjasć f
- Southern Altai:јудрук(ǰudruk)
- Spanish:puño (es) m
- Swahili:ngumi (sw),konde (sw)
- Swedish:knytnäve (sv) c
- Tajik:мушт(mušt)
- Tamil:முஷ்டி(muṣṭi)
- Tatar:йомрык(yomrıq),йодрык (tt)(yodrıq)
- Telugu:ముష్టి (te)(muṣṭi),పిడికిలి (te)(piḍikili)
- Thai:กำปั้น (th)(gam-bpân),หมัด (th)(màt)
- Tibetan:མུར་རྫོག(mur rdzog),མཛོག་རུམ(mdzog rum)
- Tocharian B:maśce
- Tofa:нюдуруӄ(ńuduruq)
- Tooro:entomi class9,ekikonde class7
- Turkish:yumruk (tr)
- Turkmen:ýumruk
- Tuvan:чудурук(çuduruk)
- Udmurt:мыжык(myžyk),кимыж(kimyž)
- Ukrainian:кула́к (uk) m(kulák),п'ясть f(pʺjastʹ)
- Urdu:مُٹّھی f(muṭṭhī),مُشْت f(muśt)
- Urum:йудрух,йумрух,йумурух
- Uyghur:مۇشت(musht)
- Uzbek:musht (uz)
- Venetan:pugno m
- Vietnamese:quyền (vi),nắm đấm,nắm tay
- Volapük:pun (vo)
- Walloon:pougn (wa) m
- Welsh:dwrn (cy) m
- West Frisian:knûst
- Yakut:сутурух(suturuq),сутурук(suturuk)
- Yiddish:פֿויסט f(foyst)
- Zhuang:gaemxgienz,gienz
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(printing) the pointing hand symbol
(ham radio) the characteristic signaling rhythm
fist (third-person singular simple presentfists,present participlefisting,simple past and past participlefisted)
- Tostrike with thefist.
- 18 Aug 2003, Damian Cullen. "Running the rule"The Irish Times page 52
- ...may not score a point with his open hand(s), but may score a point byfisting the ball.
- Toclose (thehand) into afist.
1969, Vladimir Nabokov,Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published2011, page29:He noticed Ada's trick of hiding her fingernails byfisting her hand or stretching it with the palm turned upward when helping herself to a biscuit.
- Togrip with afist.
1851 November 14,Herman Melville, “chapter 34”, inMoby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.:Harper & Brothers; London:Richard Bentley,→OCLC:I am an officer; but, how I wish I couldfist a bit of old-fashioned beef in the fore-castle, as I used to when I was before the mast.
- (slang) Tofist-fuck.
FromMiddle Englishfisten,fiesten, fromOld English*fistan("to break wind gently"; supported byOld Englishfisting(“breaking wind”)), fromProto-Germanic*fistaz(“breaking wind, fart”), fromProto-Germanic*fīsaną(“to break or discharge wind, fart”), fromProto-Indo-European*(s)peys-(“to blow, breathe”). Cognate withDutchveest(“a fart”),Low Germanfīsten(“to break wind”),GermanFist(“a quiet wind”),Fisten(“breaking wind”),Swedishfisa(“to fart”),Latinspīrō(“breathe, blow”).
fist (third-person singular simple presentfists,present participlefisting,simple past and past participlefisted)
- (intransitive) Tobreak wind.
fist (pluralfists)
- The act ofbreaking wind;fise.
- Apuffball.
FromOld Englishfȳst, fromProto-West Germanic*fūsti.
- IPA(key): /fiːst/,/fist/,/fɛːst/,/fɛst/
fist (pluralfistes)
- fist
fist
- third-personsingular past historic offaire
fist
- pastparticiple offise
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)
fist m
- fart
- Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014