fistbump
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editfistbump (plural fistbumps)
- Alternative form of fist bump
- 2011, John Brewer, Multiplayer[1]:
- They parted with a fistbump and Hector turned for home.
- 2012, Mari Manning, Holding Out For a Hero[2]:
- She turned around and watched Collin and Rory do a double fistbump and slap each other's back.
- 2012, Joanne Griffith, Redefining Black Power: Reflections on the State of Black America[3]:
- And what about the column inches generated by the congratulatory fistbump after Barack Obama clinched the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008?
Verb
editfistbump (third-person singular simple present fistbumps, present participle fistbumping, simple past and past participle fistbumped)
- To bump fists in greeting or celebration.
- 2012, Gary Paulsen, Flat Broke: The Theory, Practice and Destructive Properties of Greed[4], page 8:
- “Let's order a pizza.” He and Markie fistbumped hello.
- 2012, Seventeen, Seventeen's Inspiring True Teen Stories[5]:
- A huge, crazyloud group of guys—mostly giant, burly football players and their friends—had gathered in the cafeteria, laughing, fistbumping, and highfiving as they surrounded a guy named Jarrett.