Meaning

9 senses
  1. A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward.

    The boxer's fists rained down on his opponent in the last round.

    Faust

    кула́кkulák

    кула́кkulák, п'ястьpʺjastʹ

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

  2. Synonym of manicule.

  3. The characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or CW operator when sending Morse code.

  4. (slang)A person's characteristic handwriting.

  5. A group of men.

  6. The talons of a bird of prey.

  7. (informal)An attempt at something.

  8. The act of breaking wind; fise.

  9. A puffball.

Examples

210 sentences
  1. She attacked him with her fists.

    Вона накинулася на нього з кулаками.

    ruОна набросилась на него с кулаками.

    deSie hat ihn mit ihren Fäusten angegriffen.

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  2. She banged the table with her fist.

    Вона вдарила кулаком по столу.

    ruОна ударила кулаком по столу.

    deSie schlug mit der Faust auf den Tisch.

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  3. Tom clenched his fist.

    Том стиснув кулак.

    ruТом сжал кулак.

    deTom ballte die Faust.

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  4. A closed fist can indicate stress.

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  5. She's making money hand over fist.

    ruОна гребёт деньги лопатой.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Origin

From Middle English fist, from Old English fȳst (“fist”), from Proto-West Germanic *fūsti

From Middle English fist, from Old English fȳst (“fist”), from Proto-West Germanic *fūsti (“fist”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“to punch; to prick, stab”).

From Middle English fisten, fiesten, from Old English *fistan ("to break wind gently"; supported by Old English fisting (“breaking wind”)), from Proto-Germanic *fistaz (“breaking wind, fart”), from Proto-Germanic *fīsaną (“to break or discharge wind, fart”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow, breathe”). Cognate with Dutch veest (“a fart”), Low German fīsten (“to break wind”), German Fist (“a quiet wind”), Fisten (“breaking wind”), Swedish fisa (“to fart”), Latin spīrō (“breathe, blow”).

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