noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ balled ( esp. AmE ), clenched , closed , tight
▪ loose
▪ little , small , tiny
▪ giant , huge , large , massive
▪ gloved
▪ bare
▪
He was punching the man with his bare ~s.
▪ left , right
▪ flying
▪
I managed to duck his flying ~s.
▪ angry
▪
Diago pounded an angry ~ against the wall.
VERB + FIST
▪ form , make
▪
He closed his fingers to form a ~.
▪ ball ( esp. AmE ), clench , close , tighten
▪ unclench , uncurl
▪ bang , beat , hit , plant , pound , punch , slam , smack , smash , strike , thump
▪
He banged his ~ loudly on the table.
▪
He punched his ~ in the air.
▪ drive , ram , shove , throw , thrust
▪
He thrust his ~ forward and smashed her face.
▪ shake , wave
▪
The man was shaking his ~ at us through the window.
▪ pump
▪
‘Yeah, you did it!’ Sally said, pumping her ~ in the air.
▪ lift , raise
▪
She raised her ~ in a gesture of defiance.
▪ swing
▪
He swung his ~s wildly at his attacker's head.
▪ bring back , draw back , pull back
▪
She drew back her ~ and threw a punch at his nose.
▪ use
▪
Cailean was tired of using his ~s to get everything he wanted.
FIST + VERB
▪ ball , clench , curl , tighten
▪
She saw Joe's ~s clench.
▪ collide with sth , connect with sth , hit sth , strike sth
▪
He felt Michelle's ~ connect with his jaw.
▪ pound (sth) , slam (sth) , smash (sth)
▪
A ~ slammed on the table in front of her.
▪ land
▪
His ~ landed forcefully against Mike's jaw.
▪ fly
▪
She ran at him, her ~s flying.
FIST + NOUN
▪ fight
PREPOSITION
▪ in your ~
▪
She was holding a hammer in her ~.
PHRASES
▪ clench your hand into a ~