fisty en · ADJ
Etymology
From fist + -y. Piecewise doublet of fistic.
Meanings
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(informal, not-comparable) Involving the fists; pugilistic.
As when, at some low Bacchanalian feast, His drunken votaries, for a trifling jest Or ancient grudge, two staggering clowns begin A fisty fight, fools from all sides rush in: They pull, they rend, they shout […]
1857, Ben Asaph, The Moriad: Or, End of the Jewish State, page 196:Unlike some here, i don't worship drivers or teams. Everyone is good in something, so them being good at racing is their thing. Good on them, but they don't give a damn about me, so i'm not going to slash my wrists over them, or make life long enemies here by arguing it all the way to a virtual fisty fight..
2007 August 8, a_Frank, “FIA Announces Turkey F1 Starting Lineup”, in rec.autos.sport.f1 (Usenet), archived from the original on 16 Sep 2025: