fist
A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward.
Example
“The boxer's fists rained down on his opponent in the last round.”
Other meanings
The characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or CW operator when sending Morse code.
A group of men. en
A kind of
- hand
Word history
From Old English "fȳst".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “fist” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.