Definition of Clinch

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Clinch

To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.

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.

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

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.

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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Clinch Translations

clinch in French is arbitrer
clinch in German is stauche, anheften
clinch in Italian is decidere
clinch in Norwegian is omfavne
clinch in Spanish is remache

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