clinch
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/klɪntʃ/
English
Definitions
noun
- Any of several fastenings.
- The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip or grasp.“to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon”
- 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.
verb
- To clasp; to interlock.
- To make certain; to finalize.“I already planned to buy the car, but the color was what really clinched it for me.”
- To fasten securely or permanently.
- To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed.
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Synonyms
attachjoinput togetherclaspgraspgripclenchhugfindiceclamperclunchclinkclutchcrimpclampnail downput a pin in