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fisty

fisty adjective: involving the fists; pugilistic.

Adjective

fisty (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Involving the fists; pugilistic.
    • As when, at some low Bacchanalian feast,
      His drunken votaries, for a trifling jest
      Or ancient grudge, two staggering clowns begin
      A fisty fight, fools from all sides rush in:
      They pull, they rend, they shout […]1857, Ben Asaph, The Moriad: Or, End of the Jewish State, page 196
    • Unlike some here, i don't worship drivers or teams. Everyone is good in something, so them being good at racing is their thing. Good on them, but they don't give a damn about me, so i'm not going to slash my wrists over them, or make life long enemies here by arguing it all the way to a virtual...2007 August 8, a_Frank, “FIA Announces Turkey F1 Starting Lineup”, in rec.autos.sport.f1 (Usenet), archived from the original on 16 Sep 2025

Origin of fisty

From fist + -y. Piecewise doublet of fistic.

Words formed from fisty

Words that rhyme with fisty

Questions about fisty

What does fisty mean?
Fisty means involving the fists; pugilistic.
What part of speech is fisty?
Fisty is an adjective.

Words near fisty in the dictionary

  1. fistulotomy
  2. fistulous
  3. fistulous withers
  4. fistulæ
  5. fistwise
  6. fisty
  7. fit
  8. fit and finish
  9. fit as a butcher's dog
  10. fit as a fiddle
  11. fit as a flea

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