Standard Lemma guide

fisting

adj · noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈfɪstɪŋ/
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  • rhymes with -ɪstɪŋ

1

adj

Meaning 1

Relating to or involving the sexual practice of inserting a hand into a partner's body.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act or sexual practice of inserting one or both hands into the vagina or rectum of oneself or one's sexual partner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar

Topics: lifestyle, sex, sexuality

Examples

  • 2003 August 17, Sean O'Hagan, “Sex on the brain”, review in The Observer, page 5, [...] and comes to a climax of sorts (sorry) with – and here the more sheltered among you should avert your eyes – a girl-on-girl fisting scene.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fist-fucking, FF

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

present participle and gerund of fist

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 拳交 (quánjiāo) — sexual practice of fisting
  • Czech: Pěstění — sexual practice of fisting
  • Dutch: fisting — sexual practice of fisting
  • Finnish: fistaus — sexual practice of fisting
  • Finnish: fisting — sexual practice of fisting
  • Finnish: nyrkkinainti — sexual practice of fisting
  • French: fisting — sexual practice of fisting
  • German: Fisting — sexual practice of fisting
  • German: Fisten — sexual practice of fisting
  • German: Faustfick — sexual practice of fisting
  • Hungarian: öklözés — sexual practice of fisting
  • Japanese: フィスティング (fisutingu) — sexual practice of fisting
  • Lithuanian: fistingas — sexual practice of fisting
  • Portuguese: fisting — sexual practice of fisting
  • Russian: фи́стинг (físting) — sexual practice of fisting
  • Samogitian: fėstėngos — sexual practice of fisting
  • Spanish: fisting — sexual practice of fisting
  • Swedish: fisting — sexual practice of fisting
  • Swedish: fistning — sexual practice of fisting
  • Turkish: yumruklama — sexual practice of fisting