clinch
Because it is a word with a single syllable, clinch is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofclinch
- Any of several fastenings.
- The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip or grasp.
Example: "to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon"
- A pun.
- 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.
- A passionate embrace.
- In combat sports, the act of one or both fighters holding onto the other to prevent being hit or engage in standup grappling.
- To clasp; to interlock.
- To make certain; to finalize.
Example: "I already planned to buy the car, but the color was what really clinched it for me."
- To fasten securely or permanently.
- To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed.
- To embrace passionately.
- To hold firmly; to clench.
- To set closely together; to close tightly.
Example: "to clinch the teeth or the fist"
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