fist

Universal Words noun a hand when it is tightly closed with the fingers bent into the PALM: He punched me with his fist. * She clenched her fists to stop herself trembling. * He got into a fist fight in the bar. * He banged a heavy fist on the table. seealsoHAM-FISTED, TIGHT-FISTED IDIOMS make a better, good, poor, etc. fist of sth (BrE, informal) to make a good, bad, etc. attempt to do sth moreatIRONadj., MONEY