Meanings
plural fistbumps
- alternativeAlternative form of fist bump.
They parted with a fistbump and Hector turned for home.
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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 HeroAnd 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
present singular third person fistbumps · participle present fistbumping · participle past fistbumped · past fistbumped
- 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 81 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.
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Origin
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fistbump. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fistbump
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