fist bump
See also: fistbump
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fist bump (plural fist bumps)
- 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.
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fist bump
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fist bump (third-person singular simple present fist bumps, present participle fist bumping, simple past and past participle fist bumped)
- To hit one's fists together.
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hit one's fists together
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- fist bump on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Category:fist bump on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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Unadapted borrowing from English fist bump.