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clinch
[ klinch ]
verb (used with object)
- to settle (a matter) decisively:
After they clinched the deal they went out to celebrate.
- to secure (a nail, screw, etc.) in position by beating down the protruding point:
He drove the nails through the board and clinched the points flat with a hammer.
- to fasten (objects) together by nails, screws, etc., secured in this manner.
- Nautical. to fasten by a clinch.
verb (used without object)
- Boxing. to engage in a clinch:
The boxers clinched and were separated by the referee.
- Slang. to embrace, especially passionately.
- (of a clinched nail, screw, etc.) to hold fast; be secure.
noun
- the act of clinching.
- Boxing. an act or instance of one or both boxers holding the other about the arms or body in order to prevent or hinder the opponent's punches.
- Slang. a passionate embrace.
- a clinched nail or fastening.
- the bent part of a clinched nail, screw, etc.
- a knot or bend in which a bight or eye is made by making a loop or turn in the rope and seizing the end to the standing part.
- Archaic. a pun.
clinch
/ klɪntʃ /
verb
- tr to secure (a driven nail) by bending the protruding point over
- tr to hold together in such a manner
to clinch the corners of the frame
- tr to settle (something, such as an argument, bargain, etc) in a definite way
- tr nautical to fasten by means of a clinch
- intr to engage in a clinch, as in boxing or wrestling
noun
- the act of clinching
- a nail with its point bent over
- the part of such a nail, etc, that has been bent over
- boxing wrestling an act or an instance in which one or both competitors hold on to the other to avoid punches, regain wind, etc
- slang.a lovers' embrace
- nautical a loop or eye formed in a line by seizing the end to the standing part.
Other Words From
- clinching·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of clinch1
Example Sentences
That invite was already clinched Thursday, with USC bound for one of the bottom two spots.
But he saved his best for the medal race, which took place just two and a half hours later, to clinch GB's first gold in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands.
When Kelsey Barnard Clark won the sixteenth season of "Top Chef," set in Kentucky, she clinched victory with a dish that defied fine dining expectations: cornbread and buttermilk with crawfish, boiled peanuts, cucumber and watermelon.
He clinches India victory over and over and over again.
“We’re not done,” said Trojans coach Lindsay Gottlieb after her team clinched its first conference championship of any sort in 31 years.
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