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fist (fist)

noun

  1. a hand with the fingers closed tightly into the palm, as for hitting; clenched hand
  2. Informal
    1. a hand
    2. the grasp
  3. Printing a sign () used to direct special attention to something

Etymology: ME < OE fyst, akin to Ger faust (OHG fūst), prob. < IE *pṇksti < ? base *penkwe, five, in sense “clenched five (fingers)”

transitive verb

  1. to hit with the fist
  2. to grasp or handle

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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