Meanings
verbclench one's fists (third-person singular simple present clenches one's fists, present participle clenching one's fists, simple past and past participle clenched one's fists)
present singular third person clenches one's fists · participle present clenching one's fists · participle past clenched one's fists · past clenched one's fists
Translations
Arabic شَدَّ قَبْضَتَيْهِ
- شَدَّ قَبْضَتَيْهِ (šadda qabḍatayhi)clench one's fists
Chinese Mandarin 握緊拳頭 /握紧拳头
- 握緊拳頭 /握紧拳头 (wò jǐn quántóu)clench one's fists
Finnish puristaa kätensä nyrkkiin
- puristaa kätensä nyrkkiinclench one's fists
French serrer les poings
- serrer les poingsclench one's fists
German die Fäuste ballen
- die Fäuste ballenclench one's fists
Hungarian ökölbe szorítja a kezét
- ökölbe szorítja a kezétclench one's fists
Japanese こぶしを握り締める
- こぶしを握り締める (kobuji o nigirishimeru)clench one's fists
Korean 주먹을 쥐다
- 주먹을 쥐다 (jumeog-eul jwida)clench one's fists
Polish zaciskać pięści, zacisnąć pięści
- zaciskać pięściclench one's fists
- zacisnąć pięściclench one's fists
Russian сжима́ть кулаки́, сжать кулаки́
- сжима́ть кулаки́ (sžimátʹ kulakí)clench one's fists
- сжать кулаки́ (sžatʹ kulakí)clench one's fists
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APA
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MLA
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Chicago
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