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Meaning of clinch

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

clinch

Pronunciation:/klɪntʃ/

noun

Definitions

  1. Any of several fastenings.

  2. The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip or grasp.

    Example: to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon

  3. A pun.

  4. 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.

verb

Definitions

  1. To clasp; to interlock.

  2. To make certain; to finalize.

    Example: I already planned to buy the car, but the color was what really clinched it for me.

  3. To fasten securely or permanently.

  4. To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed.