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fistbump

fistbump is the alternative form of fist bump.

Meaning of fist bump

Noun

fist bump (plural fist bumps)

  1. The hitting together of two people's fists, as a greeting, in congratulations, or in celebration.
    • Perhaps this is what makes the fist bump so unique. Though simple in motion, its meaning is far more complicated. A fist bump can express emotions from anger and fear to excitement and joy. In any other context, a clenched fist would be perceived as hostile.2008 June 5, M.J. Stephey, “A Brief History of the Fist Bump”, in Time, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2008

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Verb

fistbump (third-person singular simple present fistbumps, present participle fistbumping, simple past and past participle fistbumped)

  1. To bump fists in greeting or celebration.
    • “Let's order a pizza.” He and Markie fistbumped hello.2012, Gary Paulsen, Flat Broke: The Theory, Practice and Destructive Properties of Greed, page 8
    • A huge, crazyloud group of guys—mostly giant, burly football players and their friends—had gathered in the cafeteria, laughing, fistbumping, and highfiving as they surrounded a guy named Jarrett.2012, Seventeen, Seventeen's Inspiring True Teen Stories

Forms of fistbump

Noun
pluralfistbumps
Verb
third-person singular presentfistbumps
present participlefistbumping
past participlefistbumped
pastfistbumped

Origin of fistbump

From fist + bump.

Questions about fistbump

What does fistbump mean?
Fistbump means to bump fists in greeting or celebration.
What is fistbump the alternative form of?
Fistbump is the alternative form of fist bump.
What part of speech is fistbump?
Fistbump is a verb.
What is the past tense of fistbump?
The past tense of fistbump is fistbumped.

Words near fistbump in the dictionary

  1. fist-pumpers
  2. fist-pumping
  3. fist-pumps
  4. fist-size
  5. fistball
  6. fistbump
  7. fistbumped
  8. fistbumping
  9. fistbumps
  10. fisted
  11. fistee

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fistbump (page history and authors); fist bump (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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