fist
Tight ball, fingers
A fist is a hand with the fingers curled tightly into the palm, typically formed for striking or gripping.
To fist is to clench the hand this way: She fisted her hands in frustration.
In sexual slang, fisting refers to inserting a fist into a body cavity.
A fist bump is a greeting where two people touch closed fists together.
Finger-to-hand joints
- fingersAppendages of the hand
- palmHand's flat interior
- thumbShort opposable digit
- wristHand-forearm connection
metacarpals · phalanges · flexion · grip · clench · curl · ball · closed hand
Strike with fist
- jabQuick, straight blow
- uppercutAscending boxing strike
- hookCurved catching device
- crossPass from side to side
haymaker · boxing · sparring · brawl · knockout · strike · blow · slug
Squeeze tightly shut
- squeezeFirm bilateral compression
- graspSeize or understand
- clutchMechanism linking engine to gearbox
- gripSecure manual hold
tighten · ball · curl · close · wrap · hold · tension · pressure
Unity among allies
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- Black PowerRacial pride movement
- activismDirect effort for reform
revolution · rally · march · demonstration · movement · uprising · rebellion · empowerment
Energy transfer rate
- forceStrength or compulsion
- mightGreat physical strength
- brawnMuscular power, bodily might
- muscleContractile body tissue
impact · crushing · smashing · pounding · breaking · forceful · powerful · iron
Weight, strike, or kennel
- dapInformal fist greeting
- saluteGestural sign of honor
- pumpFluid-moving machine
- shakeTrembling or blended treat
clench · brandish · wave · thrust · threatening · celebratory
knuckles
Finger-to-hand joints
wrist · metacarpals · phalanges · flexion · grip · clench · curl · ball · closed hand · white-knuckled
punch
Strike with fist
cross · haymaker · boxing · sparring · brawl · knockout · strike · blow · slug · counterpunch
clench
Squeeze tightly shut
grip · tighten · ball · curl · close · wrap · hold · tension · pressure · viselike
solidarity
Unity among allies
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- Black PowerRacial pride movement
activism · revolution · rally · march · demonstration · movement · uprising · rebellion · empowerment · liberation
power
Energy transfer rate
muscle · impact · crushing · smashing · pounding · breaking · forceful · powerful · iron · steel
pound
Weight, strike, or kennel
shake · clench · brandish · wave · thrust · threatening · celebratory
karate
Japanese unarmed combat discipline
- taekwondoKorean striking martial art
- kickboxingMartial art combining punches, leg strikes
- kung fuChinese martial discipline
aikido · judo · jiu jitsu · striking · kata · dojo · sensei · breaking · board breaking · conditioning
- body partsarm, leg, hand, back, chest
- handspalm, fingers, thumb, knuckles, fingertips
- upper bodyarm, forearm, upper arm, elbow, wrist
- strength symbolslion, eagle, bull, bear, ox
- hand positionsopen hand, closed hand, flat hand, cupping, grasp
- Protest Symbolspeace symbol, peace sign, protest sign, picket sign, placard
fistopen hand
Unclenched, spread fingers
open palm · flat hand · palm · relaxed hand
- fist fightPhysical altercation using fists
- fist bumpKnuckle-to-knuckle greeting
- clenched fistTightly closed hand
- fist pumpCelebratory arm motion
- iron fistBrutal autocratic rule
- fist bumpingKnuckle-to-knuckle greeting gesture
pacifist, fists, pacifism, fistful, fisted, fisticuffs, fisting, pacifistic