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Meaning Of Clinch
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.