clinch

Plural: clinches

Noun

• (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily
• a small slip noose made with seizing
• the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet
• a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together
• a tight or amorous embrace
• Any of several fastenings.
• The act of bending and hammering the point of a nail so it cannot be removed.
• The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast.
• A pun.
• 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.
• A passionate embrace.
• The act of one or both fighters holding onto the other to prevent being hit or engage in standup grappling.
• A prison sentence.

Verb

Verb Forms: clinched, clinching, clinches

• To secure or settle a matter decisively; to firmly fasten.
• secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts
  • "The girder was clinched into the wall"
• hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches
• hold in a tight grasp
• embrace amorously
• flatten the ends (of nails and rivets)
  • "the nails were clinched"
• settle conclusively
  • "clinch a deal"
• To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed.
• To clasp; to interlock.
• To fasten securely or permanently.
• To make certain; to finalize.
• To hold firmly; to clench
• To set closely together; to close tightly.
• To hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to avoid being hit while resting momentarily
• To secure a spot (e.g., at the divisional championship) before the end of regular season play by having an insurmountable lead.
• To embrace passionately.

Examples

• His opponent tried to CLINCH the win with a final, high-scoring word in Words With Friends.
• I already planned to buy the car, but the color was what really clinched it for me.
• to clinch the teeth or the fist
• to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon
• to secure anything by a clinch

Synonyms

clamp, clench, hug, squeeze, accouple, affix, assemble, associate, attach, beclasp, begrasp, begrip, belock, bewed, bind, clasp, clinch, cling, clutch, combine, conglomerate, conglutinate, conjoin, connect, construct, couple, enclasp, entwine, fang, fay, fix, fondle, glaum, grab, grabble, graft, grasp, grip, hang on, hitch, hold, hold on, hold tight, hook, inosculate, interlink, join, joint, knit, knot, link, marry, nab, nim, piece together, piecen, pinion, put together, seize, splice, stranglehold, take, unite, wed, yoke

Related Words

clench, clinch nut, clincher

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