clenched fist

1. 1.

   a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)

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Questions about clenched fist

What does clenched fist mean?

clenched fist means "a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)".

What is another word for clenched fist?

Close synonyms include fist. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is clenched fist a common word?

clenched fist is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.