Clinch

[Clinch]

Secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts

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To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.

Noun
(boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily

Noun
a tight or amorous embrace; "come here and give me a big hug"

Noun
the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet

Noun
a small slip noose made with seizing

Verb
settle conclusively; "clinch a deal"

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Verb
flatten the ends (of nails and rivets); "the nails were clinched"

Verb
secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts; "The girder was clinched into the wall"

Verb
embrace amorously

Verb
hold in a tight grasp; "clench a steering wheel"

Verb
hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches

v. t.
To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.

v. t.
To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first.

v. t.
To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail.

v. t.
To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument.

v. i.
To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another.

n.
The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon; to secure anything by a clinch.

n.
A pun.

n.
A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.

Clinch

Clinch (?; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clinched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Clinching.] [OE. clenchen, prop. causative of clink to cause to clink, to strike; cf. D. klinken to tinkle, rivet. See Clink.] 1. To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly. "Clinch the pointed spear." Dryden. 2. To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first. Swift. 3. The bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven trough an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail. 4. To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument. South.

Clinch

Clinch, v. i. To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another.

Clinch

Clinch , n. 1. The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon; to secure anything by a clinch. 2. A pun. Pope. 3. (Naut.) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.

To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.

To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another.

The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon; to secure anything by a clinch.

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Usage Examples

Those youngsters go out there and set a record and clinch the pole position. But what do you do if you wreck your car. That record doesn't spend too well.

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