clinch /klinch or klinsh/ transitive verb- To drive home (an argument)
- To settle or confirm
- To fasten or rivet a nail by bending and beating down the point
- To fasten (a rope) by means of a half hitch with the end turned back and secured (nautical)
- To clench (obsolete)
intransitive verb To grapple noun- An act of clinching
- An embrace (informal)
- A holding grapple (boxing)
- The fastening of a nail by beating it back
- A half hitch with the end turned back and secured (nautical)
- A pun
- A punning retort
ORIGIN: Same as clench; causal form of clink4 clinchˈer noun - Someone that clinches
- A decisive argument
clinchˈer-built adjective Clinker-built clinchˈer-work noun The disposition of the side planks of a vessel, when the lower edge of one row overlaps the row next under it |