fist

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Meaning

1. A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward.
2. The pointing hand symbol ☞.
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.

punch

👊

closed hand

clenched fist

clenched hand

palm of hand

fore first

side hammer fist

strike with the fist

striking a person

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɪst/

From Middle English fist, from Old English fȳst (“fist”), from Proto-West Germanic *fūsti, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fääste (“fist”), West Frisian fûst (“fist”), Dutch vuist (“fist”), German Low German Fuust (“fist”), German Faust (“fist”). More at five.