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Definition of Clenched fist
1. Noun. A hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clenched Fist
Literary usage of Clenched fist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Kate Beaumont by John William De Forest (1872)
"Left to himself, he muttered a great deal about Armitage, shaking a clenched fist
as if he had the brute before him, elevating his bushy eyebrows as a wild ..."
2. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of Change (1992)
"Thumb extended downward from GO DOWN or clenched fist GOING DOWN 3. Thumb extended
upward from ... clenched fist on arm extended in DANGER direction ..."
3. Reading Character at Sight by Katherine M. Huntsinger Blackford (1918)
"The clenched fist The clenched and advanced fist indicates anger and defiance.
The clenched fist driven into the palm of the hand indicates decision and ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on Fractures and Dislocations by Frank Hastings Hamilton (1880)
"Thus, in a record of sixteen fractures, I find this cause assigned in seven; in
one other instance it was occasioned by falling upon the clenched fist, ..."
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