clench a fist
1fist — [ fıst ] noun count ** your hand when your fingers are closed tightly: He banged the table with his fist. clench your fist (=squeeze your fingers closed): She was clenching her fists with the pain. => CLOSE FISTED, HAND1 …
2clench — [[t]kle̱ntʃ[/t]] clenches, clenching, clenched 1) V ERG When you clench your fist or your fist clenches, you curl your fingers up tightly, usually because you are very angry. [V n] Alex clenched her fists and gritted her teeth... She pulled at… …
3fist — noun (C) 1 the hand when the fingers are curled in towards the palm, especially in order to express anger or hit someone: She held the money tightly in her fist. | clench your fist (=hold your fist very tightly closed): Malcolm clenched his fists …
4fist */*/ — UK [fɪst] / US noun [countable] Word forms fist : singular fist plural fists your hand when your fingers are closed tightly He banged the table with his fist. clench your fist (= squeeze your fingers closed): She was clenching her fists with the… …
5clench — ► VERB 1) (with reference to one s fist or teeth) close or press together tightly, in response to stress or anger. 2) (with reference to a set of muscles) contract sharply. 3) grasp tightly. ► NOUN ▪ the action of clenching or the state of being… …
6clench — [klench] vt. [ME clenchen < OE clencan (in beclencan), lit., to make cling, caus. of clingan: see CLING] 1. CLINCH ( vt. 1) 2. to bring together tightly; close (the teeth or fist) firmly 3. to grip tightly n. 1. a firm grip …
7fist — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ balled (esp. AmE), clenched, closed, tight ▪ loose ▪ little, small, tiny …
8fist — n. 1) to make a fist 2) to clench; raise; shake one s fist 3) a tight fist 4) (misc.) an iron fist ( a harsh policy ); a mailed fist ( a threat of armed force ) * * * [fɪst] raise shake one s fist a mailed fist ( a threat of armed force ) a tight …
9clench — verb ADVERB ▪ firmly, tight, tightly ▪ His jaw was clenched tight. ▪ His jaw was tightly clenched. ▪ involuntarily, unconsciously …
10fist — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fȳst; akin to Old High German fūst fist, Polish pięść, and probably to Old English fīf five Date: before 12th century 1. the hand clenched with the fingers doubled into the palm and the thumb… …
