fist bump

See also: fistbump

English

Alternative forms

• fistbump, fist-bump

Pronunciation

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Noun

fist bump (plural fist bumps)

1. The hitting together of two people's fists, as a greeting, in congratulations, or in celebration.

   Synonyms: bones, terrorist fist jab (tendentious slang)

   Hyponyms: brofist, dap

   Coordinate terms: elbow bump, handshake

   • 2008 June 5, M.J. Stephey, “A Brief History of the Fist Bump”, in Time‎^[1], archived from the original on 2008-07-08:

     Perhaps this is what makes the fist bump so unique. Though simple in motion, its meaning is far more complicated. A fist bump can express emotions from anger and fear to excitement and joy. In any other context, a clenched fist would be perceived as hostile.

Related terms

• fist pump

Translations

fist bump

• Esperanto: pugnokarambolo
• Finnish: nyrkkitervehdys (fi)
• German: Faustgruß (de) m, Gettofaust (de) f (colloquial), Anfausten n, Fistbump (de) m
• Hungarian: ökölpacsi
• Polish: żółwik (pl) m

Verb

fist bump (third-person singular simple present fist bumps, present participle fist bumping, simple past and past participle fist bumped)

1. (intransitive) To hit one's fists together.

Translations

hit one's fists together

• Esperanto: pugnokaramboli
• German: anfausten

Further reading

• fist bump on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:fist bump on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English fist bump.

Noun

fist bump m

1. fist bump