FIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fist mean? 

• FIST (noun)
  The noun FIST has 1 sense:

1. a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)

  Familiarity information: FIST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

clenched fist; fist

Hypernyms ("fist" is a kind of...):

hand; manus; mitt; paw (the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb)

 Context examples 

I could kill you now, with a blow of my fist, for you are a miserable weakling.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

“Go along with you!” cried my aunt, shaking her head and her fist at the window.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“Flint's fist, I mean,” he cried.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Martin turned as he staggered, and saw the fist coming at him in a wild swing.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

You have two kidneys, each about the size of your fist.

(Chronic Kidney Disease, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Hans hurled himself upon the prostrate man, striking madly with his fists.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

I opened my mouth to scream, but he struck me a savage blow with his fist over the eye, and felled me to the ground.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

That's the boy, see him kick, he hits out with his fists like a good one.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Both his knees were slightly bent, he stood square to his opponent, and his two big brown fists were held over his mark so that he could lead equally with either.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Give me the great waste lands and the wide spaces, with a gun in my fist and somethin' to look for that's worth findin'.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)