fist bump
noun
: a gesture in which two people bump their fists together (as in greeting or celebration)
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The clip of his final seconds before walking out in front of the cameras showed him sharing a fist bump with Iron Man alum Robert Downey Jr.
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Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 5 Mar. 2025
He was transported from Bledsoe County Correctional Complex and arrived minutes before 9 a.m. wearing large, black-rimmed glasses and cuffed at the hands and ankles, smiling to the large crowd in the gallery and sharing a fist bump with Gichner.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 3 July 2024
Moments later, pitcher Mason Adams walked over and gave a fist bump to the new Chicago White Sox manager.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
In July 2022, Biden was criticized for visiting Saudi Arabia and giving MBS fist bump.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
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Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 5 Mar. 2025
He was transported from Bledsoe County Correctional Complex and arrived minutes before 9 a.m. wearing large, black-rimmed glasses and cuffed at the hands and ankles, smiling to the large crowd in the gallery and sharing a fist bump with Gichner.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 3 July 2024
Moments later, pitcher Mason Adams walked over and gave a fist bump to the new Chicago White Sox manager.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
In July 2022, Biden was criticized for visiting Saudi Arabia and giving MBS fist bump.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fist bump
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“Fist bump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fist%20bump. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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