Clinch

·noun A Pun.

II. Clinch ·vt To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.

III. Clinch ·vi To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another.

IV. Clinch ·vt To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first.

V. Clinch ·noun 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.

VI. Clinch ·vt 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.

VII. Clinch ·vt To make conclusive; to Confirm; to Establish; as, to clinch an Argument.

VIII. Clinch ·noun 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.