Sekirov Dictionary

clinching

noun 3
adjective 1
forms 3

noun3

A making certain or finalizing.
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A clinch; a passionate embrace.
- Though there are no kissings and clinchings, […] — 1937
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(historical) The distortion of computer tape by wrinkling.
- This “clinching” can distort the tape by causing a series of creases or folds in the surface and may produce read errors. — 1985

adjective1

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That settles something (such as an argument) definitely and conclusively.
- ‘Yes,’ said Dick, with such a clinching period at the end that it seemed he was never going to add another word. — 1872

forms

clinchings · more clinching · most clinching

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