pump one's fists

English

Verb

pump one's fists (third-person singular simple present pumps one's fists, present participle pumping one's fists, simple past and past participle pumped one's fists)

  1. To thrust forward one's fists, as in celebration.
    • 2025 September 9, Phil McNulty, “Serbia 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport‎[1]:
      Arsenal's Noni Madueke scored his first England goal two minutes later with a pacy run and fine finish past Serbia goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic, a moment which had Tuchel pumping his fists in delight in the technical area.
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