Clinch

[klɪn(t)ʃ] or [klɪntʃ]

Definition

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

(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'.

(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 a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches.

Editor: Lyle--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

Typed by Juan

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Grasp, gripe, clasp, clutch, grapple, lay hold of.[2]. Fasten, secure.[3]. Confirm, fix, establish.

n. [1]. Pun, ambiguity, quibble, CALEMBOUR, DOUBLE-ENTENDRE, double meaning, play upon words.[2]. Clincher, cramp, hold-fast.

Checked by Blanchard

Definition

v.t. to fasten or rivet a nail by bending the point and beating the bent part flat against the object through which the nail was driven: to grasp tightly: to set firmly as the teeth: to fasten on: (fig.) to drive home an argument: to settle or confirm.—n. something set firmly: the fastening of a nail by beating it back as in the verb: a pun.—n. Clinch′er one that clinches: a decisive argument.—adj. Clinch′er-built (same as Clinker-built).—n. Clinch′er-work the disposition of the side planks of a vessel when the lower edge of one row overlaps the row next under it.

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