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Definition of Clinch

Clinch
Clinch Clinch (kl[i^]nch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clinched; p. pr. & vb. n. Clinching.] [OE. clenchen, prop. causative of clink to cause to clink, to strike; cf. D. klinken to tinkle, rivet. See Clink.] 1. To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly. ``Clinch the pointed spear.' --Dryden. 2. To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first. --Swift. 3. 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. 4. To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument. --South.
Clinch
Clinch Clinch, v. i. To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another.

Meaning of Clinch from wikipedia

- cover art Clinching, in metalworking Clinch fighting or the clinch, a grappling position in boxing or wrestling, a stand-up embrace Clinch County, Georgia...
- Clinch fighting or trapping is the part of stand-up fighting where the combatants are grappling in a clinch, typically using clinch holds. Clinching the...
- The Clinch River is a river that flows southwest for more than 300 miles (480 km) through the Great Appalachian Valley in the U.S. states of Virginia and...
- The clinch cover is the name for a style of romance book cover art. It generally features two people touching or in close proximity, and the art style...
- striking. Clinch: judo, freestyle wrestling, folkstyle wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestling, catch wrestling, sanda and sambo are trained to improve clinching, takedowns...
- Jon Clinch is an American novelist. Originally from Oneida, New York, he graduated from Syracuse University and went on to teach American literature. Formerly...
- In metalworking, clinching or press-joining is a bulk sheet metal forming process aimed at joining thin metal sheets without additional components, using...
- Clinch County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the po****tion was 6,749. The county seat...
- environmentalist. Clinch Peak, in Antarctica, was named for him in 2006. The son of Virginia Lee Clinch and Nicholas Bayard Clinch Jr., a colonel in the...
- Fort Clinch is a 19th-century masonry coastal fortification, built as part of the Third System of seacoast defense conceived by the United States. It is...