fistwise

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adverb

In the manner of a fist.

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Meanings

adverbfistwise (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn the manner of a fist.

    Suppose that while you are comatose, I use your fist, as if it were a hammer, to shatter the window. It seems quite plausible that, although your atoms arranged fistwise cause the window to shatter, you do not.

    2003, Trenton Merricks, Objects and Persons, page 153
  2. not comparableBy means of the fists; by fighting with the fists.

    Fistwise, Erog was going to beat me.

    2013, Bill James, In Good Hands
    1 more example

    Sometimes the heroes were foolhardy enough to try taking on the Mummy fistwise.

    1990, Darrell Schweitzer, Weird Tales 296 (Spring 1990), page 57

Origin

From fist + -wise.

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APA

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

MLA

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Chicago

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