fist

== English == === Alternative forms === foost (Scots) === Pronunciation === enPR: fĭst, IPA(key): /fɪst/ Rhymes: -ɪst === Etymology 1 === From Middle English fist, from Old English fȳst (“fist”), from Proto-West Germanic *fūsti, of uncertain origin. ==== Noun ==== fist (plural fists) A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward. Synonym of manicule. (amateur radio) The characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or CW operator when sending Morse code. (slang) A person's characteristic handwriting. A group of men. (Can we add an example for this sense?) The talons of a bird of prey. (informal) An attempt at something. ===== Synonyms ===== nief bunch of fives fist-size ductus ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== fist (third-person singular simple present fists, present participle fisting, simple past and past participle fisted) To strike with the fist. 18 Aug 2003, Damian Cullen. "Running the rule" The Irish Times page 52 ...may not score a point with his open hand(s), but may score a point by fisting the ball. To close (the hand) into a fist. To grip with a fist. (slang) To fist-fuck. (transitive, gaming) To stomp, to utterly defeat ===== Derived terms ===== double-fist fister fisting ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== knuckle punch === Etymology 2 === From Middle English fisten, fiesten, from Old English *fistan ("to break wind gently"; supported by Old English fisting (“breaking wind”)), from Proto-Germanic *fistaz (“breaking wind, fart”), from Proto-Germanic *fīsaną (“to break or discharge wind, fart”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow, breathe”). Cognate with Dutch veest (“a fart”), Low German fīsten (“to break wind”), German Fist (“a quiet wind”), Fisten (“breaking wind”), Swedish fisa (“to fart”), Latin spīrō (“breathe, blow”). ==== Verb ==== fist (third-person singular simple present fists, present participle fisting, simple past and past participle fisted) (intransitive) To break wind. ==== Noun ==== fist (plural fists) The act of breaking wind; fise. A puffball. === Anagrams === FITs, FiTs, ITFs, TIFs, fits, sift == Middle English == === Alternative forms === fust, fest, feest, vest === Etymology === From Old English fȳst, from Proto-West Germanic *fūsti. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fiːst/, /fist/, /fɛːst/, /fɛst/ === Noun === fist (plural fistes) fist ==== Descendants ==== English: fist Scots: fist, fyst Yola: hist, fest ==== References ==== “fī̆st, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Middle French == === Etymology 1 === From Latin fēcit. ==== Verb ==== fist alternative form of fit: third-person singular past historic of faire === Etymology 2 === From Latin fēcisset. ==== Verb ==== fist third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of faire ===== Descendants ===== French: fît == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === feset === Verb === fist past participle of fise == Old High German == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === fist m fart ==== Declension ==== === References === Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[2] (in German), 6th edition == Old Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /fʲist/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /fʲist/ === Noun === fist m pers alternative form of chwist