Meaning
Synonyms
closed hand
clenched fist
clenched hand
palm of hand
fore first
side hammer fist
strike with the fist
striking a person
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɪst/
Etymology
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.
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