fist bump

fist bump

1. noun The act of touching the knuckle side of one's clenched fist with someone else's, either as a greeting or in a cheerful or celebratory manner. Also known as a "pound." He was so excited by the team's overtime win that he gave everyone fist bumps as we left the stadium.
2. verb To touch one's clenched fist with someone else's in such a manner. He was so excited by the team's overtime win that he was fist bumping everyone as we left the stadium.
See also: bump, fist
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • skin
  • skin me
  • skinhead
  • skins
  • belt
  • belted
  • belting
  • go the knuckle
  • bummer
  • angling
References in periodicals archive
A playful fist bump with caddie Brian 'Bo' Martin as he strode from the recording hut was a vibrant sign of job well done.
His handshake with appeared awkward and led to speculation on social media that he had attempted to fist bump her rather than offer a more formal greeting.
"Now we can fist bump and I also like helping her practise using her hand to pick things up."
Julie tweeted her gratitude when they finally got moving, which prompted Piers to send her a 'fist bump'.
Meet Eric, a recreation of the UK's first robot, a T800 Terminator out of the movies and share a fist bump with Pepper the interactive robot.
Theresa May showed she could 'get down with the kids' after greeting a member of the public with a fist bump.
Ms Markle chatted, joked and even hugged young presenters from a youth radio station, while Harry - the self-confessed joker of the Royal Family - even exchanged an extravagant fist bump with one of the DJs, after a little coaching in how to perform the greeting.
And Harry, the self confessed joker of the royal family, even exchanged an extravagant fist bump with one of the DJs, after a little coaching in how to perform the greeting.
They let her hang around in fly-on-wall mode, and when she got a friendly fist bump several days in, she felt certain, finally, that it would all work out.
President Rodrigo Duterte poses with his signature fist bump with Australian Secret Intelligence Service Director General Nicolas Peter Warner who paid a courtesy call on the president in Manila yesterday.
The officer spent five minutes chatting to the youngster, kindly reassuring him and telling him that Little Mix had sounded amazing during their warm-up, And, as a smiling Christopher and his mother went to say goodbye, the policeman even offered to take them inside before finishing with a "fist bump".
They can even share a virtual fist bump. Further, they will receive reminders that will be triggered by factors such as friend's shared activity, current weather, or their own history.
If one fist bump could endanger Finland's increasingly stressed tradition of consensus politics, then Prime Minister Juha Sipila and a cabinet colleague may just have achieved this dubious distinction.
Fundraiser Kick-off Famous Boston Bruins fist-bumper Liam Fitzgerald needs the community's support as he will begin the chain reaction of a group fist bump. Nine year old Liam was born with Downs Syndrome and diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, and finished his last treatment in May, 2013.
As long as youth culture uses music to explore and define its fluid sense of identity, brands will see the value in the figurative fist bump they receive from consumers for making the introduction.