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Meaning of fist | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
fɪst

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

العربية القبضة قبضة
Azərbaycanca yumruq
Беларуская кулак
Български пестник юмрук
বাংলা কিল মুষ্টি
Bosanski pest
Català apunyalar puny
Čeština pěst
Cymraeg dwrn
Deutsch Faust
Ελληνικά γροθιά
Esperanto pugno
Español apuñalar manecilla manícula puño
Eesti rusikas
Euskara ukabil
Français manicule poing
Gaeilge dorn dornáil
Gàidhlig dòrn
Galego puño
עברית אגרוף
Hrvatski pest
Magyar okol
Հայերեն բռունցք
Bahasa Indonesia tinju
Íslenska hnefi kreppt hönd
Italiano manina pugno
日本語
Қазақша жұдырық
ខ្មែរ កណ្ដាប់ដៃ
ಕನ್ನಡ ಮುಷ್ಟಿ
한국어 주먹
Kurdî dure dûre past pest pest
Кыргызча жудурук
Latina pugnus
Lëtzebuergesch Fauscht
Lingála ebotu
Lietuvių kumštis
Latviešu dūre
Македонски тупаница
മലയാളം മുഷ്ടി
Монгол нударга
Bahasa Melayu buku lima penumbuk tinju
Malti ponn
မြန်မာဘာသာ လက်သီး
Nederlands vuist
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ମୁଥ
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਮੁੱਠੀ
Português pulso punho
Română pumn
Русский кулак
سنڌي مک
Slovenčina päsť
Slovenščina pest
Shqip dumkë grusht
Српски pest
Svenska knytnäve
Kiswahili konde ngumi
Türkçe yumruk yumruklamak
Українська кулак
اردو مٹھی
Tiếng Việt nắm đấm quyển

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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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