Definitions for the word, clinch

(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.

(n.) A pun.

(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.

(v. i.) To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another.

(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 hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.

(v. t.) To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument.

(v. t.) To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first.


14 words found in the Scrabble word, clinch



Scrabble letter values
A is 1 points
B is 3 points
C is 3 points
D is 2 points
E is 1 points
F is 4 points
G is 2 points
H is 4 points
I is 1 points
J is 8 points
K is 5 points
L is 1 points
M is 3 points
N is 1 points
O is 1 points
P is 3 points
Q is 10 points
R is 1 points
S is 1 points
T is 1 points
U is 1 points
V is 4 points
W is 4 points
X is 8 points
Y is 4 points
Z is 10 points



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