Clinch word meaning and definition

[noun] (in boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily
[noun] a tight embrace
[noun] a small slip noose made with seizing
[verb] flatten the ends (of nails and rivets)
[verb] secure by clinching
[verb] hold in a tight grasp; "The boxer clinched his opponent"; "clench a steering wheel"

\Clinch\ (kl[i^]nch; 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. 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. 4. To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument. --South.
\Clinch\, v. i. To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another.
\Clinch\ (kl[i^]nch), 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.

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