fist

fist meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Examples of fist in a sentence

• I used a whole series of fist and foot jams in that crack.
• Bob chambered his fist for a blow, but Sheila struck first.
• I pumped my fist with joy when I won the race.

All 40 example sentences with fist

Synonyms of fist

• manicule
• nief
• bunch of fives
• fist-size
• ductus

All synonyms of fist

Forms of fist

Past tense of fist: fisted

Plural of fist: fists

Origin of fist

From Middle English fist, from Old English fȳst (“fist”), from Proto-West Germanic *fūsti (“fist”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“to punch; to prick, stab”). Cognates Cognate with Yola fest, hist (“fist”), Saterland Frisian Fäste, Fääste (“fist”), West Frisian fûst (“fist”), Central Franconian Fuus (“fist”), Cimbrian bòista, vòista (“fist”), Dutch vuist (“fist”), German Faust (“fist”), Low German Fuust (“fist”), Luxembourgish Fauscht (“fist”), Vilamovian faojst, faust (“fist”), Yiddish פֿויסט (foyst, “fist”); also Irish fuaigh (“sew, stitch”), Latin pugnus (“fist”), Ancient Greek πυγμή (pugmḗ, “fist”), πύκτης (púktēs, “boxer, pugilist”), Lithuanian kumštis (“fist”), Bulgarian пестник (pestnik, “fist; punch”), Czech pěst (“fist”), Polish pięść (“fist”), Russian пясть (pjastʹ, “metacarpus”), Serbo-Croatian пе̏ст, pȅst, пѐсница, pèsnica (“fist”), Slovak päsť (“fist”), Slovene pest (“fist”). More at five.

From Middle English fisten, fiesten, from Old English *fistan ("to break wind gently"; supported by Old English fisting (“breaking wind”)), from Proto-Germanic *fistaz (“breaking wind, fart”), from Proto-Germanic *fīsaną (“to break or discharge wind, fart”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow, breathe”). Cognate with Dutch veest (“a fart”), Low German fīsten (“to break wind”), German Fist (“a quiet wind”), Fisten (“breaking wind”), Swedish fisa (“to fart”), Latin spīrō (“breathe, blow”).

Words formed from fist

• armored fist
• armoured fist
• backfist
• brofist
• clenched fist
• clubfist
• clutchfist
• fist and skull
• fistball
• fist bump
• fistbump
• fist-bump
• fistee
• fist-fight
• fistfighter
• fist fight
• fistfight
• fist-fuck
• fistfuck
• fist-fucking
• fistfucking
• fistful
• fistiana
• fistic
• fistical
• fisticuff
• fist jam
• fistlike
• fist magnet
• fistnote
• fist pump
• fist-pump
• fist-pumper
• fistwise
• fisty
• French fist
• hammer fist
• hand over fist
• iron fist
• leg-of-mutton fist
• mailed fist
• make a fist of
• make a good fist of
• make a poor fist of
• monkey's fist
• mutton fist
• pinchfist
• pump one's fist
• pump someone's fist
• punch fist
• put one's fist to
• raised fist
• talk to the fist
• terrorist fist jab
• tight-fisted
• under the fist of
• unfist
• wolf's-fist
• double-fist
• fister

Related words

• knuckle
• punch

Phrases with fist

• fist jams
• fist bumps
• fist pumps
• fist bumped
• fist fights
• fist pumped
• Drunken Fist
• fist bumping
• fist magnets
• fist pumping
• made a fist of
• makes a fist of

Words that rhyme with fist

• twist
• list
• mist
• assist
• grist
• persist
• bewist
• enlist
• gist
• resist
• subsist
• frist

Questions about fist

What does fist mean?

Fist means a hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward.

What is fist in Hindi?

Fist in Hindi is मुट्ठी (muṭṭhī), मुश्त (muśt), मुक्का मारना (mukkā mārnā). See Fist meaning in Hindi.

What part of speech is fist?

Fist can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.

How do you pronounce fist?

Fist is pronounced /fɪst/.

What is the plural of fist?

The plural of fist is fists.