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fist

Best crossword clue

"Closed hand"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /fɪst/Part of speech nounSorted fistStarts with FEnds with T3 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Hand closed tightly with fingers bent into the palm.

Word origin

From Middle English fist, from Old English fȳst (“fist”), from Proto-West Germanic *fūsti (“fist”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“to punch; to prick, stab”).

Used in a sentence

  • The boxer's fists rained down on his opponent in the last round.
  • More light then Culver in the Faulcons fist.
  • ...may not score a point with his open hand(s), but may score a point by fisting the ball.

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Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01Closed hand4 letters
02Closed hand shape4 letters
03Clenched hand4 letters

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