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A fist pound, (also fist bump, pound it, pounds, knock's, bones, the rock, respect knuckles, knucks, daps, tater, bro, or props as in proper recognition) is a type of friendly gesture similar to a hand shake or a high five. It is performed by two people tapping their fists lightly, so should not be confused with a common variant of the game Bloody Knuckles. A pound also can be known as a symbol of giving of respect. Fist pounds can also be followed by various other hand and body gestures, but are part of a dap greeting.
Pounds in popular culture
"The Fist Pound" greeting as performed by two friends
- It has been a common sign of respect in Jamaica for years.
- The pound, referred to as the fist bump, was featured in the 2007 Bud Light Super Bowl commercial.[1]
- In a 1995 Sprite commercial featuring hip hop artists Grand Puba and Large Professor, Puba proclaims the joy that can be attained by simultaneously filling one's hands with pounds and soft drinks: "I give a pound to my man wit my right hand / cuz I, I keeps the Sprite in my left hand..."
- Howie Mandel, host of Deal or No Deal, uses the fist pound as an alternative to shaking hands. He is bothered by shaking hands because it can spread germs.
- During part two of the Ocean County, New Jersey edition of Dateline NBC's To Catch a Predator, one of the predators who was being interogated by Chris Hansen asked for a fist pound before he left the house. Hansen obliged.
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| Friendly gestures | A-ok · Air kiss · Big up · Cheek kissing · Dap greeting · Thumbs up · Fist pound · Namaste · High five |  |
| Formal gestures | Bowing · Curtsey · Hand-kissing · Genuflection · Pranam | |
| Salutes | Salute · Bellamy salute · Final Salute · Hitler salute · Roman salute · Royal Salute · Scout sign and salute · Three-finger salute · Two-finger salute | |
| Celebration gestures | Applause · Fist pump · Gator Chomp · Gig 'em Aggies · High five / Gimme five · Hook 'em Horns · Tomahawk Chop | |
| Obscene gestures | Bowfinger · Corna · Finger · Mooning · Shocker · Moutza | |
| Other | Air quotes · Anasyrma · Articulatory gestures · Crossed fingers · Gang signal · Hand gesture · Head bobble · Jazz hands · Lock and fly · Manual communication · Mudra · Nod · Poke · Pollice verso · Puppy face · Raised fist · Shaka sign / Hang loose · Shrug · Sign of the Cross · Thai greeting · Type of gesture · Varadamudra · V sign · Vulcan salute · War Chant · | |
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