clinch has definitions from the fields of boxing,transportation
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[ verb ] secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts

Examples

"The girder was clinched into the wall"

Used in print

(Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)

After the preliminary business affair was finished Depew arose and delivered the convincing speech that clinched the nomination for Roosevelt .

Related terms

fasten

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

Used in print

(Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)

Mike was of legal_age and presumed able to defend himself in the clinches .

Related terms

maneuver boxing

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[ noun ] the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet

Related terms

fastener nail

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[ verb ] flatten the ends (of nails and rivets)

Examples

"the nails were clinched"

Related terms

fasten

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[ noun ] (transportation) a small slip noose made with seizing
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 25726
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[ verb ] hold in a tight grasp

Synonyms

clench

Examples

"The boxer clinched his opponent" "clench a steering wheel"

Related terms

clutch seize hug

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[ verb ] settle conclusively

Examples

"clinch a deal"

Related terms

settle clincher

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[ verb ] embrace amorously

Related terms

embrace

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[ verb ] hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches

Related terms

hold

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[ noun ] (transportation) a nail with its point bent over

Synonyms

clench

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[ noun ] a tight or amorous embrace

Synonyms

squeeze hug

Examples

"come here and give me a big hug"

Related terms

embrace clench

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