clenching
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1CLENCHING + NOUN
jaw
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noun
The act by which something (a fist, a jaw, etc.) is clenched.
Many of the clenchings [of muscles] were uncoordinated, and one would guess that they occurred more and more as the sleep synchronized.
adj
Alternative form of clinching (“that settles something definitely”).
Possibly I might be blamed a bit for my truantry, but the recapture of the Hispaniola was a clenching answer, and I hoped that even Captain Smollett would confess I had not lost my time.
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3Many of the clenchings [of muscles] were uncoordinated, and one would guess that they occurred more and more as the sleep synchronized.
WiktionaryPossibly I might be blamed a bit for my truantry, but the recapture of the Hispaniola was a clenching answer, and I hoped that even Captain Smollett would confess I had not lost my time.
WiktionaryShe was clenching her jaw.
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