[klɪn(t)ʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- confirm or settle (a contract or bargain)
(e.g: the Texan wanted to impress him to clinch a business deal)

- grapple at close quarters, especially (of boxers) so as to be too closely engaged for full-arm blows

- secure (a nail or rivet) by driving the point sideways when it has penetrated


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (in the senses ‘something that grips’ and ‘fix securely’): variant of clench

[klɪn(t)ʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a struggle or scuffle at close quarters
(e.g: breaking from a clinch, he crossed with his right)

- a knot used to fasten ropes or angling lines, using a half hitch with the end seized back on its own part


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (in the senses ‘something that grips’ and ‘fix securely’): variant of clench