fistbump

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verb

To bump fists in greeting or celebration.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounfistbump (plural fistbumps)

plural fistbumps

  1. alternativeAlternative form of fist bump.

    They parted with a fistbump and Hector turned for home.

    2011, John Brewer, Multiplayer
    2 more examples

    She turned around and watched Collin and Rory do a double fistbump and slap each other's back.

    2012, Mari Manning, Holding Out For a Hero

    And what about the column inches generated by the congratulatory fistbump after Barack Obama clinched the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008?

    2012, Joanne Griffith, Redefining Black Power: Reflections on the State of Black America
verbfistbump (third-person singular simple present fistbumps, present participle fistbumping, simple past and past participle fistbumped)

present singular third person fistbumps · participle present fistbumping · participle past fistbumped · past fistbumped

  1. To bump fists in greeting or celebration.

    “Let's order a pizza.” He and Markie fistbumped hello.

    2012, Gary Paulsen, Flat Broke: The Theory, Practice and Destructive Properties of Greed, page 8
    1 more example

    A huge, crazyloud group of guys—mostly giant, burly football players and their friends—had gathered in the cafeteria, laughing, fistbumping, and highfiving as they surrounded a guy named Jarrett.

    2012, Seventeen, Seventeen's Inspiring True Teen Stories

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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