Clinch

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ÉªntÊƒ

Origin

Arisen from clench in XVI century.

Full definition of clinch

Verb

To clasp; to interlock. 1560s
To make certain; to finalize. 1716I already planned to buy the car, but the color was what really clinched it for me.

2011, October 29, Neil Johnston, Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn, Vincent Kompany was sent off after conceding a penalty that was converted by Stephen Hunt to give Wolves hope. But Adam Johnson's curling shot in stoppage time clinched the points.

To fasten securely or permanently.
To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed. 17th century
To embrace passionately.
To hold firmly; to clench.

DrydenClinch the pointed spear.

To set closely together; to close tightly.to clinch the teeth or the fist

Noun

clinch

(plural clinches)

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 weaponto secure anything by a clinch
(obsolete) A pun.
(nautical) 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.
A passionate embrace.