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F.I.S.T.

F.I.S.T. is a 1978 film directed by Norman Jewison and starring Sylvester Stallone. Stallone plays Johnny Kovak, a Cleveland warehouse worker who becomes involved in the labor union leadership of the fictional "Federation of Inter State Truckers". He finds that he must sacrifice his principles as he moves up through the union and attempts to expand its influence. The movie is loosely based on the Teamsters union and their former President Jimmy Hoffa.

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Fist

Fist were an English heavy metal band. They were part of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal movement in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The breakthrough success predicted for them by critics never came about;

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fist

Noun

  1. The act of breaking wind; fise.
  2. A puffball.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward
    The boxer's fists rained down on his opponent in the last round.
  2. the pointing hand symbol ☞
  3. the characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or CW operator when sending Morse code
  4. a person's characteristic handwriting
  5. A group of men.
  6. The talons of a bird of prey.
  7. An attempt at something.

Verb

  1. To break wind.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To strike with the fist.
    ...may not score a point with his open hand(s), but may score a point by fisting the ball. Damian Cullen. "Running the rule." The Irish Times 18 Aug 2003, pg. 52.
  2. To close (the hand) into a fist.
  3. To grip with a fist.
  4. To fist-fuck.


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