fist – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of fist

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to fist
Participle: fisted
Gerund: fisting

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ifist
youfist
he;she;itfists
wefist
youfist
theyfist

Perfect

Ihave fisted
youhave fisted
he;she;ithas fisted
wehave fisted
youhave fisted
theyhave fisted

Past

Ifisted
youfisted
he;she;itfisted
wefisted
youfisted
theyfisted

Pluperfect

Ihad fisted
youhad fisted
he;she;ithad fisted
wehad fisted
youhad fisted
theyhad fisted

Future

Iwill fist
youwill fist
he;she;itwill fist
wewill fist
youwill fist
theywill fist

Future Perfect

Iwill have fisted
youwill have fisted
he;she;itwill have fisted
wewill have fisted
youwill have fisted
theywill have fisted

Subjunctive

Present

Ifist
youfist
he;she;itfist
wefist
youfist
theyfist

Perfect

Ihave fisted
youhave fisted
he;she;ithave fisted
wehave fisted
youhave fisted
theyhave fisted

Imperfect

Ifisted
youfisted
he;she;itfisted
wefisted
youfisted
theyfisted

Pluperfect

Ihad fisted
youhad fisted
he;she;ithad fisted
wehad fisted
youhad fisted
theyhad fisted

Conditional

Present

Iwould fist
youwould fist
he;she;itwould fist
wewould fist
youwould fist
theywould fist

Perfect

Iwould have fisted
youwould have fisted
he;she;itwould have fisted
wewould have fisted
youwould have fisted
theywould have fisted

Imperative

youfist
weLet's fist
youfist

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam fisting
youare fisting
he;she;itis fisting
weare fisting
youare fisting
theyare fisting

Perfect

Ihave been fisting
youhave been fisting
he;she;ithas been fisting
wehave been fisting
youhave been fisting
theyhave been fisting

Past

Iwas fisting
youwere fisting
he;she;itwas fisting
wewere fisting
youwere fisting
theywere fisting

Pluperfect

Ihad been fisting
youhad been fisting
he;she;ithad been fisting
wehad been fisting
youhad been fisting
theyhad been fisting

Future

Iwill be fisting
youwill be fisting
he;she;itwill be fisting
wewill be fisting
youwill be fisting
theywill be fisting

Future Perfect

Iwill have been fisting
youwill have been fisting
he;she;itwill have been fisting
wewill have been fisting
youwill have been fisting
theywill have been fisting

Conditional

Present

Iwould be fisting
youwould be fisting
he;she;itwould be fisting
wewould be fisting
youwould be fisting
theywould be fisting

Perfect

Iwould have been fisting
youwould have been fisting
he;she;itwould have been fisting
wewould have been fisting
youwould have been fisting
theywould have been fisting

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'fist'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'fist'

fast, fiat, filst, fish, fisk, fiss, fit, foist, frist, fust,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. From Middle English fist, from Old English fȳst (“fist”), from Proto-West Germanic *fūsti (“fist”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“to punch; to prick, stab”).
2. Cognates
3. Cognate with Yola fest, hist (“fist”), Saterland Frisian Fäste, Fääste (“fist”), West Frisian fûst (“fist”), Central Franconian Fuus (“fist”), Cimbrian bòista, vòista (“fist”), Dutch vuist (“fist”), German Faust (“fist”), Low German Fuust (“fist”), Luxembourgish Fauscht (“fist”), Vilamovian faojst, faust (“fist”), Yiddish פֿויסט (foyst, “fist”); also Irish fuaigh (“sew, stitch”), Latin pugnus (“fist”), Ancient Greek πυγμή (pugmḗ, “fist”), πύκτης (púktēs, “boxer, pugilist”), Lithuanian kumštis (“fist”), Bulgarian пестник (pestnik, “fist; punch”), Czech pěst (“fist”), Polish pięść (“fist”), Russian пясть (pjastʹ, “metacarpus”), Serbo-Croatian пе̏ст, pȅst, пѐсница, pèsnica (“fist”), Slovak päsť (“fist”), Slovene pest (“fist”). More at five. See: Frisian, Saterlandic 'Fäste', Irish 'fuaigh', Russian 'пясть'.

Verbs referencing "fist"

German, old spelling fisten.

Sample Sentences

  • ...may not score a point with his open hand(s), but may score a point by fisting the ball. [18 Aug 2003, Damian Cullen. "Running the rule" The Irish Times page 52]
  • He noticed Ada's trick of hiding her fingernails by fisting her hand or stretching it with the palm turned upward when helping herself to a biscuit. [1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 29:]
  • I am an officer; but, how I wish I could fist a bit of old-fashioned beef in the fore-castle, as I used to when I was before the mast. [1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 34”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:]