"fist bump" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-fist bump.oga Forms: fist bumps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fist bump (plural fist bumps)
  1. The hitting together of two people's fists, as a greeting, in congratulations, or in celebration. Synonyms: bones, terrorist fist jab Related terms: fist pump Translations (fist bump): pugnokarambolo (Esperanto), nyrkkitervehdys (Finnish), Faustgruß [masculine] (German), Gettofaust [colloquial, feminine] (German), Anfausten [neuter] (German), Fistbump [masculine] (German), ökölpacsi (Hungarian), żółwik [masculine] (Polish), choque de puños [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fist_bump-en-noun-bXi3q8yP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 76 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fistbump, fist-bump

Verb

Audio: En-us-fist bump.oga Forms: fist bumps [present, singular, third-person], fist bumping [participle, present], fist bumped [participle, past], fist bumped [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} fist bump (third-person singular simple present fist bumps, present participle fist bumping, simple past and past participle fist bumped)
  1. (intransitive) To hit one's fists together. Tags: intransitive Translations (hit one's fists together): pugnokaramboli (Esperanto), anfausten (German), chocar los puños (Spanish), chocarlos (Spanish), chocárselo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fist_bump-en-verb-iku0IE85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fistbump, fist-bump

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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