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clubfisted

clubfisted adjective: having a large fist.

Adjective

clubfisted (comparative more clubfisted, superlative most clubfisted)

  1. Having a large fist.
    • Baxter gripped the handle with his free hand and straightened his ball-hand in front of him, resembling a club-fisted Superman.2014, Edward W. Robertson, Titans
    • As Skena, once again, started to go by the stout woman, Ella met her, the club-fisted hands shoving at her so hard, it knocked her back several steps.2009, Deborah MacGillivray, One Snowy Knight
  2. Crude and blunt, lacking finesse.
    • I will defend it against any Collian, or clubfisted Usurer of them all, there is no immortalitie can be given a man on earth like unto Playes.1592, Thomas Nashe, Piers Penniless his Supplication to the Devil
    • As Logic is clubfisted and crabbed, so she is terrible at first sight1655, James Howell, “To my cousin, Mr. St. Geon […] ”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley...

Forms of clubfisted

comparativemore clubfisted
superlativemost clubfisted

Origin of clubfisted

From club + fisted.

Questions about clubfisted

What does clubfisted mean?
Clubfisted means having a large fist.
What part of speech is clubfisted?
Clubfisted is an adjective.

Words near clubfisted in the dictionary

  1. clubfaces
  2. clubfeet
  3. clubfellow
  4. clubfellows
  5. clubfist
  6. clubfisted
  7. clubfists
  8. clubfoot
  9. clubfooted
  10. clubfootedness
  11. clubful

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