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clinch
/klɪnt͡ʃ/
verb 5noun 5name 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
beloved, good, last, steamier, united
VERB + CLINCH
end, get, states, time
CLINCH + NOUN
antagonist, something, verse, world
PREP.
in
Definitions
verb
1
To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed.
2
To clasp; to interlock.
“Beloved shipmates, clinch the last verse of the first chapter of Jonah—‘And God had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah.’”
3
To fasten securely or permanently.
4
To make certain; to finalize.
I already planned to buy the car, but the color was what really clinched it for me.
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.
5
To hold firmly; to clench
noun
1
Any of several fastenings.
2
The act of bending and hammering the point of a nail so it cannot be removed.
3
The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast.
to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon
to secure anything by a clinch
4
A pun.
5
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.
name
1
A surname.
2
A river in Virginia and Tennessee, United States, a tributary of the Tennessee River, named after an 18th century explorer.
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“Beloved shipmates, clinch the last verse of the first chapter of Jonah—‘And God had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah.’”
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I already planned to buy the car, but the color was what really clinched it for me.
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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.
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to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon
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to secure anything by a clinch
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More likely, he was letting her know that his visit this morning was not going to end in a clinch—or something steamier. It was going to be about sitting at a table, drinking coffee and talking.
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