English to English
noun
- (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily
source: WordNet 3.0
- a small slip noose made with seizing
source: WordNet 3.0
- the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet
source: WordNet 3.0
- a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together
source: WordNet 3.0
- a tight or amorous embrace
Come here and give me a big hug.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts
The girder was clinched into the wall.
source: WordNet 3.0
- hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches
source: WordNet 3.0
- hold in a tight grasp
Clench a steering wheel.
source: WordNet 3.0
- embrace amorously
source: WordNet 3.0
- flatten the ends (of nails and rivets)
The nails were clinched.
source: WordNet 3.0
- settle conclusively
Clinch a deal.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.
source: Webster 1913
- To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [clinch] Parunggít; salitang masakít
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [clinch] Sumuntok; magpasak ng pakò
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
