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Definition of Clinched
1. Adjective. Closed or squeezed together tightly. "His clenched (or clinched) teeth"
Definition of Clinched
1. Verb. (past of clinch) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clinched
1. clinch [v] - See also: clinch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clinched
Literary usage of Clinched
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Voice Culture and Elocution by William T. Ross (1890)
"THE clinched HAND. The clinched Hand is employed in very emphatic assertion, in
fierce denunciation, and in vehement expression of the more violent passions ..."
2. The Mikado's Empire by William Elliot Griffis (1906)
"... eat their salt, rinsed their mouths, slapped their knees, and then clinched
in mimic rage, tugging away until victory was declared for one or the other, ..."
3. The Homes of the New World: Impressions of America by Fredrika Bremer (1853)
"... ing to them with great fervor and great gesticulation, thumping on the table
with his clinched fists. The sum and substance of his sermon was this: ..."
4. Selected Articles on the Conservation of Natural Resources (1913)
"Federal Conservation clinched. Conservationists of the Roosevelt and Pinchot
stamp are pictured as feeling a thrill of satisfaction at the sight of their ..."
5. Western Wilds, and the Men who Redeem Them: An Authentic Narrative by John Hanson Beadle (1877)
"You tell an infernal lie,' bawled the preacher, and they clinched. Well, of course
a thin Boston bran-bread chap had no show agin one o' our corn-fed men, ..."
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