fist Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Fist noun
Etymology
OE. fist, fust, AS. fst; akin to D. vuist, OHG. fst, G. faust, and prob. to L. pugnus, Gr. fist, with the fist. Cf. Pugnacious, Pigmy.
Definitions
  1. The hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; the closed hand, especially as clinched tightly for the purpose of striking a blow.
    Who grasp the earth and heaven with my fist. Herbert.
  2. The talons of a bird of prey. Obs.
    More light than culver in the falcon's fist. Spenser.
  3. (print.) the index mark [✍], used to direct special attention to the passage which follows.
Fist transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Fisted; present participle & verbal noun Fisting
Definitions
  1. To strike with the fist. Dryden.
  2. To gripe with the fist. Obs. Shak.

Webster 1913