clinch

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily
  2. noun a small slip noose made with seizing
  3. noun the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet

Etymology

16th-century alteration of clench.

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