Word details
주먹
- Pronunciation
- 주먹
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- intermediate
- Application
- 주먹이 [주머기 ]
주먹도 [주먹또 ]
주먹만 [주멍만 ]
fist
A hand with the fingers clenched into the palm.
violence; force; gang
(figurative) Physical power, violence or a thug.
handful
An amount that can be held in one hand; a small number of things or people.
Idioms
주먹을 날리다
fly one's fist; blow with one's fist
To hit someone with a fist.
주먹을 불끈 쥐다
clench one's fists
To show a firm determination about something.
주먹이 오가다[오고 가다]
Fists come and go
To strike each other with fist in a fight.
Proverbs
주먹이 운다[울다]
One's fists are crying
To barely suppress one's rage, but feel like hitting or beating someone.