fist-pump

A form of fist pump — The thrusting of one's fist, most commonly forward or upward, as in celebration.

Meanings

nounfist-pump (plural fist-pumps)

plural fist-pumps

  1. alternativeAlternative form of fist pump.
verbfist-pump (third-person singular simple present fist-pumps, present participle fist-pumping, simple past and past participle fist-pumped)

present singular third person fist-pumps · participle present fist-pumping · participle past fist-pumped · past fist-pumped

  1. alternativeAlternative form of fist pump.

    England's players celebrated on the pitch afterwards, Bright dancing with team-mate Chloe Kelly, while Bronze fist-pumped towards the stands.

    2025 February 26, Emma Sanders, “'A proper English performance' against Spain”, in BBC Sport
Cite this entry
APA

fist-pump. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fist-pump

MLA

“fist-pump.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fist-pump. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fist-pump,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fist-pump.

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