fist

Definitions

1. Acronym of Future Infantry Soldier Technology.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
2. The act of breaking wind; fise.
3. A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward
4. A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward.
5. Synonym of manicule.
6. A puffball.
7. a tightly closed hand. He shook his fist at me in anger. vuis قَبْضَة اليَد юмрук punho pěst die Faust næve γροθιά, μπουνιάpuño rusikas مشت nyrkki poingאגרוף मुट्ठी šaka ököl tinju hnefi pugno こぶし 주먹 kumštis dūre buku lima vuistknyttnevepięść موټى، سوك punho pumn кулак päsť pest pesnica knytnäve กำปั้น yumruk 拳頭 кулак مکّا، مٹّھی quả đấm 拳头
8. Synonym of manicule
9. The characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or CW operator when sending Morse code.
10. The hand closed tightly with the fingers bent against the palm.
11. The characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or CW operator when sending Morse code
12. A person's characteristic handwriting.
    slang
13. Informal A grasp; a clutch: had a fortune in their fists and let it go.
    Informal
14. A person's characteristic handwriting
15. A group of men.
16. To clench into a fist.
17. A group of men. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
18. The talons of a bird of prey.
19. To grasp with the fist.
20. An attempt at something.
    informal
21. Vulgar To insert the hand into the rectum or vagina of (someone) as a means of sexual stimulation.
    Vulgar
22. a hand with the fingers clenched into the palm, as for hitting
23. Also called: fistful the quantity that can be held in a fist or hand
24. an informal word for hand, index9
25. (tr) to hit with the fist
    tr

Equivalents

Examples

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

“More light⟳ then Culver in the Faulcons fist.”

“City look⟳ stronger, fitter and more motivated than last⟳ season and even at this early stage⟳ the gap feels like⟳ a sizeable advantage. Yes, it is way too early to make⟳ snap⟳ judgments about the impact on the title race⟳. It has, however, been long enough to ascertain that Manuel Pellegrini’s team are going to make⟳ a much better fist of it this time.”

“With the rise⟳ of cognitive neuroscience, the time may be coming when we can make⟳ a reasonable fist of mapping down from an understanding of the functional architecture of the mind⟳ to the structural architecture of the brain.”

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