fist

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

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

Verb

1. To strike with the fist.
2. To close (the hand) into a fist.
3. To grip with a fist.
4. (slang) To fist-fuck.
5. (transitive) To stomp, to utterly defeat

Verb

To break wind.

Sinonieme

punch

👊

closed hand

clenched fist

blow

clenched hand

wrist

hammer fist

hand

✋

elbow

finger

fingers

fist-fuck

grasp

handful

handle

index

kiss

😗

knock

knot

🪢

knuckle

mauler

mitt

palm

pound

💷

rend

rive

rutabaga

shred

skive

slash

slit

sliver

slot

splinter

split

tear

thump

tuber

palm of hand

fore first

side hammer fist

strike with the fist

cuffer

beat

striking a person

boxing

buffet

burl

clasp

cleave

Vertalings

poing

✊

Faust

✊

pugno

✊

puño

✊

vuist

✊

γροθιά

pugnus

✊

punho

✊

puny

✊

knuist

ponh

yumruk

✊

puñetazo

punh

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/fɪst/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: fist

Geërf van Old English: fȳst

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: Fääste

Verwante met Fries: fûst

Verwante met Nederlands: vuist

Verwante met Duits: Faust

Verwante met Old English: fisting

Verwante met Nederlands: veest

Verwante met Nederduits: fisten

Verwante met Duits: Fist

Verwante met Sweeds: fisa

Verwante met Latyn: spīrō

In summary

From Middle English fist, from Old English fȳst (“fist”), from Proto-West Germanic *fūsti, of uncertain origin.
Cognates
Cognate with Yola fest, hist (“fist”), Saterland Frisian Fäste, Fääste (“fist”), Central Franconian Fuus (“fist”), Cimbrian bòista, vòista (“fist”), Dutch vuist (“fist”), German Faust (“fist”), German Low German Fuust (“fist”), Luxembourgish Fauscht (“fist”), Yiddish פֿויסט (foyst, “fist”). More at five.

Sinne

With clenched fist , he hit the table .