Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(US) a punch.

1976

P. Conroy Great Santini (1977) 310: ‘You going to whip my ass, Jim Din?’ Mr. Dacus asked. ‘Naw, Mr. D., I’m gonna let you slip out the back door before I commence to doling out fist burgers.’.

(US) a fist fight.

1930		in Botkin Folk-say 190: I sez to him, sez I, ‘You and me is going to Fist City.’ Then I up and knocks a wit hair out of him as long as a hoe handle.
1953		L. Durst Jives of Dr. Hepcat (1989) 1: Jump down Jackson if you want to go to fist city you can naturally naturally take off.
1953		Randolph & Wilson Down in the Holler 244: When two men are said to be ‘headin’ for Fist Holler,’ it means that they are about to fight.
1968		Loretta Lynn ‘Fist City’ 🎵 If ya don’t wanna go to fist city / If ya don’t wanna go to fist city.
1975		Atlantic Monthly Mar. 48: Take the last all-Home duke-out. It was, distressingly enough, over ten years ago. Although there have been a fair number of fistfights in the capitol since, none has qualified as total Fist City.
1976		P. Conroy Great Santini (1977) 249: If you call me Bull, we’ll be going to duke city.
1987		Lyle Lovett ‘LA County’ 🎵 You better close your face and stay outta my way if you don’t / Want to go to fist city.
2005		W. Childress Ozark Odyssey 137: Like the time he got into it with a skid row bum [...] and the two of them went to Fist City.

(US black) that point in a confrontation when a physical fight takes over from mere words.

1980		E. Folb Runnin’ Down Some Lines 104: The largest number of fight terms deals with fist-fights (to [...] go to fist junction).
2006		at www.source.unsw.edu.au 🌐 Hey peace brother, dis ain’t no fist junction. E’erythin be Kool and the Gang, dig?

(US) physical violence, to be administered by the fists.

1748–49

N.-Y. Eve. Post 6 Mar. 3/2: The Thief being in the Crowd, seeing the Pastime (and the Poor buyer undermost well loaded with Fist-Oyl) could not help calling out, That Mare stealer deserves to be heartily drubbed, drub him, drub him.

see knuckle sandwich under knuckle n.

to clench one’s fingers into a fist, preparatory to fighting or hitting.

1998		G. Burn Happy Like Murderers 80: She fisted up and hit her own sister.
2018-20		T. Thorne (ed.) ‘Drill Slang Glossary’ at Forensic Linguistic Databank 🌐 Fist up- showing aggression or defiance.

(S.Afr. gay) one who enjoys fisting n.

2003

K. Cage Gayle 70/1: fist queen n. a man who likes to be fisted during sex.

to interrupt.

1997

N. Barlay Curvy Lovebox 73: He starts awkwardly pro’ly expectin’ Nood to fist in.

1. of a woman, to caress a man’s penis.

1890–1904

Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues.

2. (Aus./N.Z.) to eat with one’s hands.

1846		C.P. Hodgson Reminiscences of Aus. 29: Some prefer a plate and knife and fork [...] others [...] seizing the lump of beef in one hand and the damper in the other, ‘fist it’.
1885		Bulletin (Sydney) 4 July 10/2: We loved her in our heart of hearts – ’Tis a heart that ’twas always unruly / The quicker she ‘fisted’ the tarts. / We could not of her hand be a holder [...] / For ‘wolfing’ she wanted them both.

to masturbate.

2001

Mynx mynx.com 2 Aug. 🌐 When Dear Mynx first started, it was supposed to be a somewhat lighthearted forum for Quake advice. I came up with Mynxisms like ‘fist the mister’ and ‘wonk the conker’ because I wasn’t sure I should say something like ‘jerk off’ on PQ when people started turning to me for help on eyebrow raising subjects.