clenchverb [ T ]
uk/klentʃ/us/klentʃ/to close or hold something very tightly, often in a determined or angry way:
The old man clenched his fist and waved it angrily at us.
With a knife clenched in/between his teeth, he climbed up the tree to cut some coconuts.
"Get out of here," she said through clenched teeth.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Having in your hands
- ahold
- arm
- clasp
- cling
- cradle
- cup
- dandle
- enfold
- glove
- grab
- grasp
- hand
- handle
- hang
- hang on
- hang/hold on like grim death idiom
- hold
- hold on
- hold onto sb/sth
- pinion
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