CLINCHED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clinched mean? 

• CLINCHED (adjective)
  The adjective CLINCHED has 1 sense:

1. closed or squeezed together tightly

  Familiarity information: CLINCHED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLINCHED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Closed or squeezed together tightly

Synonyms:

clenched; clinched

Context example:

his clenched (or clinched) teeth

Similar:

tight (closely constrained or constricted or constricting)

 Context examples 

"That very finger," he managed to articulate, as though it somehow clinched the proof of ownership and the bond of affection.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Hall Pycroft shook his clinched hands in the air.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Joe had clinched and attempted to throw him, and he was twisting and writhing out of the advantage of the other's hold.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The boy had some slight difficulty in undoing the heavy iron gates, and we heard the hoarse roar of the Doctor’s voice and saw the fury with which he shook his clinched fists at him.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

From these embers the inspector disinterred the butt end of a green cheque book, which had resisted the action of the fire; the other half of the stick was found behind the door; and as this clinched his suspicions, the officer declared himself delighted.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)