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verb

Clinch v. t. (past & past part. clinched; pres. part. clinching)

To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly. "Clinch the pointed spear."

To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first.

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.

To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument.

Clinch v. i. To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another.

noun

Clinch n.

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.

A pun.

(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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Etymology of 'Clinch'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Clinch" Quotes from Famous Books

... consoling glass were speedily supplied; and with the reassured stamina of my improved condition, it may readily be supposed I was not long in satisfying the worthy Mr. Seagram that I had no concern in the encounter betwixt the natives and his boats. To clinch the argument I assured the lieutenant that I was not only guiltless of the assault, but had made up my mind irrevocably to abandon ...

— Captain Canot - or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver • Brantz Mayer

... was almost afraid it might make feeling between them, till I soothed the loser by selling her an old brass tea-kettle that I had picked up in a curiosity shop in Oxford years ago. It was so old that it had a hole in it, which seemed to clinch the matter. I sent for the packer the moment they were out of the house, and had the things boxed and away before they could change their minds. When I showed J—— the money, he said I was wasting my time writing, that he was sure I ...

— The Smiling Hill-Top - And Other California Sketches • Julia M. Sloane

... to cover the first, but he planted evidence against nearly all of you. He dropped the ampulla in McGroarty's car to implicate any one of four people. He coolly stole a cigarette case to put it where it would be found after the film fire and clinch suspicion. ...

— The Film Mystery • Arthur B. Reeve

... vague idea of village politics, but he had more important things to think of. Most of his foul mood had disappeared with the clue he'd stumbled on, and his chief worry now was to clinch ...

— Badge of Infamy • Lester del Rey

... fairly to blaze from the smouldering eyes, as Lapierre's thoughts dwelt upon the closing moments of that fight, when he felt himself giving ground before the hammering, smashing blows of Bob MacNair's big fists. Felt the tightening of the huge arms like steel bands about his body when he rushed to a clinch—bands that crushed and burned so that each sobbing breath seemed a blade, white-hot from the furnace, stabbing and searing into his tortured lungs. Felt the vital force and strength of him ebb and weaken so that the lean, slender fingers that ...

— The Gun-Brand • James B. Hendryx

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