fist

n.

1. The hand closed tightly with the fingers bent against the palm.
2. Informal. A grasp; a clutch: had a fortune in their fists and let it go.
3. Printing. See index (sense 3).

tr.v., fist·ed, fist·ing, fists.

1. To clench into a fist.
2. To grasp with the fist.
3. Vulgar. To insert the fist into the rectum or vagina of (another) as a means of sexual stimulation.

[Middle English, from Old English fȳst.]

IN BRIEF: The hand closed tightly with the fingers bent against the palm.

He clenched his fist before hitting the intruder.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)
  Synonym: clenched fist

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - knytnæve, næve, kragetæer
v. tr. - slå med knyttet næve, gribe, håndtere

idioms:

• iron fist    jernnæve

Nederlands (Dutch)
vuist, greep, handschrift, hand, vuistvormige aanduiding (voor begin paragraaf etc.), slaan met de vuist, (vast)grijpen

Français (French)
n. - poing
v. tr. - frapper du poing

idioms:

• iron fist    main de fer

Deutsch (German)
n. - Faust, Hand, (ugs.) Klaue
v. - mit der Faust schlagen, anpacken

idioms:

• iron fist    eiserne Hand

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πυγμή, γροθιά

idioms:

• hand over fist    (καθομ.) με τη σέσουλα
• iron fist    σιδηρά πυγμή

Italiano (Italian)
pugno

idioms:

• iron fist    pugno di ferro

Português (Portuguese)
n. - punho (m)

idioms:

• iron fist    punho (m) de ferro (fig.)

Русский (Russian)
кулак

idioms:

• iron fist    железный кулак

Español (Spanish)
n. - puño, letra
v. tr. - cerrar la mano en un puño

idioms:

• iron fist    mano dura, mano de hierro

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - knytnäve, handstil (vard.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
拳头, 手, 拳打, 紧握, 握成拳

idioms:

• iron fist    铁拳的, 严酷无情的, 残忍的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 拳頭, 手
v. tr. - 拳打, 緊握, 握成拳

idioms:

• iron fist    鐵拳的, 嚴酷無情的, 殘忍的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 주먹, 손, 필적
v. tr. - ~을 때리다, ~을 쥐다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 握りこぶし, 拳骨
v. - 拳骨で殴る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قبضه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אגרוף‬
v. tr. - ‮נתן מכת אגרוף‬

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