clinch

What does clinch mean?

• noun

  a small slip noose made with seizing

• verb

  settle conclusively

• noun

  the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet

• noun

  a tight or amorous embrace

• noun

  a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together

• verb

  hold in a tight grasp

• noun

  (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily

• verb

  embrace amorously

• verb

  flatten the ends (of nails and rivets)

• verb

  hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches

• verb

  secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts

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