Definition, Betydning & Synonymer | engelsk word CLINCH

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Definitioner af CLINCH

1. To clasp; to interlock.
2. To fasten securely or permanently.
3. To embrace passionately.
4. To set closely together; to close tightly.
5. Any of several fastenings.
6. A passionate embrace.
7. The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast.
8. To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed. [from 1560s]
9. To make certain; to finalize. [from 1716]
10. (obsolete) A pun.
11. (nautical) 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.
12. (wrestling, combat sports) The act of one or both fighters holding onto the other to prevent being hit or engage in standup grappling.
13. (slang, archaic) A prison sentence.
14. To hold firmly; to clench
15. A surname.
16. A river in Virginia and, Tennessee, USA a tributary of the, Tennessee River, named after an 18th century explorer.
17. To hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to avoid being hit while resting momentarily [1860s]
18. To secure a spot (e.g., at the divisional championship) before the end of regular season play by having an insurmountable lead.
19. The act of bending and hammering the point of a nail so it cannot be removed.

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Eksempler på brug af CLINCH i en sætning

• Grappling is a fighting technique based on throws, trips, sweeps, clinch fighting, ground fighting and submission holds.
• However, she reneged on that pledge and remained neutral, only officially backing Barack Obama's candidacy the day after the last primaries, once he had garnered enough delegate votes to clinch the nomination.
• Although only winning one race in his first season with the team—at the —Rosberg's six podium finishes saw him clinch the World Drivers' Championship at the final race of the season, becoming the first Finnish Formula One World Champion.
• In 2013, the Knighthawks became the first team in the league to clinch back-to-back championship titles since the Toronto Rock in 2002 and 2003 by defeating the Washington Stealth 11–10.
• Heyl filed patent number 195,603 for the first machines to both insert and clinch a staple in one step, and for this reason some consider him the inventor of the modern stapler.
• To clinch the support of Congress, Commandant Vandegrift delivered the famous "Bended Knee Speech" on May 6, 1946, to the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs and ended it thus:.
• Despite this shaky return the club enjoyed a halcyon period of sorts in the late 1950s, securing four consecutive top half finishes (without managing to clinch promotion) as well as reaching the semi-finals of the 1957–58 Scottish League Cup.
• Fastenings used in traditional wooden boat building, such as copper nails and clinch bolts, work on the same principle as the rivet but were in use long before the term rivet was introduced and, where they are remembered, are usually classified among nails and bolts respectively.
• He was a major contributor in helping the Lakers clinch the Western Conference Finals against Kevin Garnett and the Minnesota Timberwolves, when he scored 18 points in the sixth and final game, all from 3-point range, where he was 6 for 7.
• In the 1980s, James Anderton, Chief Constable of Greater Manchester, accused gays of "swirling in a cesspit of their own making" and, according to Beatrix Campbell, "encouraged his officers to stalk its dank alleys and expose anyone caught in a clinch, while police motorboats with spotlights cruised for gay men around the canal's locks and bridges".

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