fistbump

fistbump

See also: fist bump

English

Etymology

fist +‎ bump

Noun

fistbump (plural fistbumps)

1. Alternative form of fist bump
   • 2011, John Brewer, Multiplayer:

     They parted with a fistbump and Hector turned for home.

   • 2012, Mari Manning, Holding Out For a Hero:

     She turned around and watched Collin and Rory do a double fistbump and slap each other's back.

   • 2012, Joanne Griffith, Redefining Black Power: Reflections on the State of Black America:

     And what about the column inches generated by the congratulatory fistbump after Barack Obama clinched the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008?

Verb

fistbump (third-person singular simple present fistbumps, present participle fistbumping, simple past and past participle fistbumped)

1. To bump fists.
   • 2012, Gary Paulsen, Flat Broke: The Theory, Practice and Destructive Properties of Greed, page 8:

   • 2012, Seventeen, Seventeen's Inspiring True Teen Stories:

     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.