Fist
[fɪst]
Definition
(noun.) a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting).
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Definition
(n.) The hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; the closed hand, especially as clinched tightly for the purpose of striking a blow.
(n.) The talons of a bird of prey.
(n.) the index mark [/], used to direct special attention to the passage which follows.
(v. t.) To strike with the fist.
(v. t.) To gripe with the fist.
Edited by Beverly
Definition
n. the closed or clenched hand.—v.t. to strike or grip with the fist.—n. Fistiā′na anecdotes about boxing and boxers.—adj. Fist′ic (Dickens) pugilistic.—ns. Fist′icuff a blow with the fist: (pl.) boxing blows; Fist′-law the law of brute force.—adj. Fist′y.
Edited by Ahmed
Examples
- Her fist, clenched tight in his pocket, beat hard against his thigh. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- 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. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Susan dropped the spoon, shook her fist at the vanished figure, and then proceeded with her work in a musing, absent way. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- And Mr. Snodgrass took his cigar from his mouth, and struck the table violently with his clenched fist. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But when father said he'd give him up to police, he gave a great cry, and struck father on th' face wi' his closed fist, and be off like lightning. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I answered, Pretty well, sir, and my sister shook her fist at me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Good-bye, then, he said, shaking his fist in a rage, and slamming the door by which he retreated. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He took the hint at once, for the fist had been too often impressed upon his body not to be deeply impressed upon his recollection. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The man was too quick, and, ducking beneath it, himself delivered a mighty one, with clenched fist, in the pit of Kerchak's stomach. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The man shook his fist, as he uttered these words incoherently. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- As she did so, the woman paused in her work and looked up curiously, resting her clenched red fists on the wet cloth she had just drawn from her pail. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- And then there is box, the verb, meaning to fight with fists. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I shook my fists at Jip, who was as frantic as myself. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Now they had congregated by the boat and were talking in loud, angry tones, with much gesticulating and shaking of fists. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Rawdon used to stare him in the face and double his little fists in return. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He beat upon his great chest with his clenched fists, and then he fell upon the body of Kala and sobbed out the pitiful sorrowing of his lonely heart. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Which occasioned the inexhaustible baby to square at him with the speckled fists, and demand in a threatening manner what he meant? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- At each division administering a soft facer with one of the speckled fists. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- That's the boy, see him kick, he hits out with his fists like a good one. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He kissed Georgy on the head, and the boy got out, doubling his fists into his eyes, and with the aid of Francis. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Editor: Shelton