different between feist vs heist

English

Alternative forms

• fist, fice

Etymology

Earliest sense is “fart”, and later “stink” as abbreviation for fysting cur “stinking dog” (1520s). From Middle English fysten (mid-15th century), from Old English. Cognates with Middle Dutch veest and Dutch vijst. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *fistiz (“a fart”), presumably from Proto-Indo-European *pesd-, though this is disputed.

One explanation for the association of farting with small dogs is given in an 1811 slang dictionary, which suggests that the dogs were blamed for farting, specifically defining fice as “a small windy escape backwards, more obvious to the nose than ears; frequently by old ladies charged on their lap-dogs.”

Cognate terms include German Fist (“soft fart”), Danish fise (“to blow, to fart”) and Middle English askefise (“bellows”, literally “fire-blower, ash-blower”), from Old Norse; originally “a term of reproach among northern nations for an unwarlike fellow who stayed at home in the chimney corner”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa?st/
• Rhymes: -a?st

Noun

feist (plural feists)

1. (US, regional) A small, snappy, belligerent mixed-breed dog.
2. (vulgar) Silent (but pungent) flatulence.

   Synonym: SBD

Usage notes

The term feist is uncommon, but the derived term feisty is common.

Derived terms

• feisty

References

Anagrams

• Feits, Fites, fetis

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa??st/

Etymology 1

From Middle High German veizet, from Old High German feizzit, from Proto-West Germanic *faitid, whence also fett (through Middle Low German).

Adjective

feist (comparative feister, superlative am feistesten)

1. (derogatory, now chiefly literary) fat (of a person)

Usage notes

• Feist typically adds a negative moral judgment to the description, implying gluttony, laziness, and/or unrightful wealth. For example, ein feister Kapitalist (“a fat capitalist”).

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

feist

1. second-person singular present of feien

Further reading

• “feist” in Duden online
• “feist” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

English

Etymology

Probably pronunciation variation of hoist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha?st/
• Rhymes: -a?st

Noun

heist (countable and uncountable, plural heists)

1. A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum.
2. (uncountable, colloquial) A fiction genre in which a heist is central to the plot.
   • 2008 March 6, Robert Wilonsky, "Fast and Loose", Riverfront Times volume 32 number 10, page 28,

     The Bank Job is also the first proper Jason Statham movie since his days banging about in Guy Ritchie's early heists.

Translations

Verb

heist (third-person singular simple present heists, present participle heisting, simple past and past participle heisted)

1. (transitive) To steal, rob, or hold up (something).

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Heits, Hites, Sethi, Thiès, ithes, seith, shite, sithe

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

heist

1. past participle of heise