# faustdick

faustdick is a German adjective meaning “big as a fist”. Forms: faustdicker, am faustdicksten.

## Forms

- Comparative: faustdicker
- Superlative: am faustdicksten

## In other languages

- Русский: величиной с кулак

## Meanings

1. big as (the [approximate] size of) a fist, (approximately) fist-sized
   - ein faustdicker Ast, Knüppel, Stein; ein faustdicker Tumor, eine faustdicke Geschwulst — a fist-sized branch, club/cudgel, stone; a fist-sized tumor, a fist-sized lump
2. _colloquial_ blatant, blunt, downright, outright, plain
   - eine faustdicke Beleidigung, Grobheit, Lüge, Schmeichelei — an outright insult, a blatant rudeness, an outright lie, a plain flattery
3. _colloquial_ full-blown, huge, massive, significant
   - ein faustdicker Skandal; eine faustdicke Sensation, Überraschung — a full-blown scandal; a huge sensation, surprise
4. big ( size ) fist; fist-sized
   - „Bei einem Patienten verschwanden faustdicke Geschwülste in den Lymphdrüsen am Hals.“

## Examples

- Der hat es faustdick hinter den Ohren. — He's a sly one.

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