Synonym: bind, cinch, establish, fasten, grip, hold, insure, make certain, seize, tie, wrap. Similar words: clincher, cling, incline, clingy, clinic, recline, inclined, cycling. Meaning: [klɪntʃ] 
n. 1. (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily 2. a small slip noose made with seizing 3. the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet 4. a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together 5. a tight or amorous embrace. v. 1. secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts 2. hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches 3. hold in a tight grasp 4. embrace amorously 5. flatten the ends (of nails and rivets) 6. settle conclusively.
n. 1. (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily 2. a small slip noose made with seizing 3. the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet 4. a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together 5. a tight or amorous embrace. v. 1. secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts 2. hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches 3. hold in a tight grasp 4. embrace amorously 5. flatten the ends (of nails and rivets) 6. settle conclusively. 
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61. It also managed to clinch the prestigious WHO State of Kuwait Health Promotion Award for its outstanding contribution to mental health promotion and research.
62. These are true old fashioned clinch nails that a blacksmith would use.
63. In 1900 George Clinch published a new, extensive study in The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist.
64. He used a clinch to hold the wood in place.
65. They were caught by her parents in a passionate clinch.
66. I watched Braga in a game on the television and thought they were unlucky not to clinch one of the two places in their Champions League group.
67. The 1974-75 Pistons were desperate to clinch a playoff berth in their next-to-last game of the season, and they did by defeating Chicago at Cobo Arena, 97-89.
More similar words: clincher, cling, incline, clingy, clinic, recline, inclined, cycling, decline, circling, clinical, declining, recycling, clinically, clingfilm, flinch, inclination, linchpin, inclined plane, disinclination, unflinching, clinging, cli, clip, click, climb, cliff, clime, clique, climax.