Clinch

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Rhymes with -ɪntʃ

16th-century alteration of clench.

To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed.
To clasp; to interlock. “Beloved shipmates, clinch the last verse of the first chapter of Jonah—‘And God had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah.’”
To fasten securely or permanently.
To make certain; to finalize. I already planned to buy the car, but the color was what really clinched it for me.
To hold firmly; to clench
To set closely together; to close tightly. to clinch the teeth or the fist
To hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to avoid being hit while resting momentarily
To secure a spot (e.g., at the divisional championship) before the end of regular season play by having an insurmountable lead. It put the U.S. on the brink of clinching a spot in the quarterfinals.
To embrace passionately.

Any of several fastenings.
The act of bending and hammering the point of a nail so it cannot be removed.
The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast. to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon
obsolete 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. More likely, he was letting her know that his visit this morning was not going to end in a clinch—or something steamier. It was going to be about sitting at a table, drinking coffee and talking.
The act of one or both fighters holding onto the other to prevent being hit or engage in standup grappling.
archaic, slang A prison sentence. COOMBE: He got the clinch only last week — eighteen months. You see it's no good having anybody here as ain't got a^([sic]) unblemished character. We don't want to have the bluebottles come sniffing round here, do we?

A surname.
A river in Virginia and Tennessee, United States, a tributary of the Tennessee River, named after an 18th century explorer.