Word Meaning

clinch definition and meaning

v. t. To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.
v. t. To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first.
v. t. 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.
v. t. To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument.
v. i. To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another.
n. The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon; to secure anything by a clinch.
n. A pun.
n. 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.

Crossword clues for clinch

- Confirm or settle
- Embrace
- Seal
- Settle or confirm definitively
- Squeeze
- Tight embrace
- Wrestling hold