fist
To strike with the fistTo strike with the fist.
» She attacked him with her fists.
Sie hat ihn mit ihren Fäusten angegriffen. — Esperantostern
Она набросилась на него с кулаками. — marafon
Вона накинулася на нього з кулаками. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
6 sensesTo strike with the fist.
To close (the hand) into a fist.
To grip with a fist.
(slang)To fist-fuck.
(transitive)To stomp, to utterly defeat
(intransitive)To break wind.
Examples
210 sentencesShe attacked him with her fists.
Вона накинулася на нього з кулаками. — deniko
ruОна набросилась на него с кулаками. — marafon
deSie hat ihn mit ihren Fäusten angegriffen. — Esperantostern
She banged the table with her fist.
Вона вдарила кулаком по столу. — aandrusiak
ruОна ударила кулаком по столу. — shanghainese
deSie schlug mit der Faust auf den Tisch. — samueldora
Tom clenched his fist.
Том стиснув кулак. — deniko
ruТом сжал кулак. — marafon
deTom ballte die Faust. — Dani6187
A closed fist can indicate stress.
She's making money hand over fist.
ruОна гребёт деньги лопатой. — marafon
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From Middle English fist, from Old English fȳst (“fist”), from Proto-West Germanic *fūstiFrom 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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Forms
fists, fisting, fisted, fistedWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
4 patterns- his fists on
- with his fist
- hand over fist
- fist on the
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.