Clench

Word CLENCH
Character 6
Hyphenation clench
Pronunciations /klɛntʃ/

Definitions and meanings of "Clench"

What do we mean by clench?

To close tightly. transitive verb

To grasp or grip tightly. transitive verb

To clinch (a bolt, for example). transitive verb

A tight grip or grasp. noun

Something, such as a mechanical device, that clenches or holds fast. noun

. To nail or fasten.

To secure or fasten, as a nail, staple, or other metallic fastening, by beating down the point after it has been driven through something; rivet.

To bring together and set firmly, as the teeth; double up tightly, as the hands.

To grasp or seize firmly or convulsively; gripe.

Figuratively, to fix or secure by a finishing touch or blow; confirm, as an argument or an action, in some unanswerable or irresistible way; establish firmly.

Nautical, to calk slightly with oakum, in anticipation of foul weather.

To gripe.

To seize or gripe another, or one another, with a firm grasp or hold, as in wrestling: as, the men clenched.

To pun.

A catch; a grip; a persistent clutch. noun

That which holds fast or clenches; a clencher (or clincher); a holdfast. noun

Nautical, a mode of fastening large ropes, consisting of a half-hitch with the end stopped back to its part by seizings. The outer end of a hawser is bent by a clench to the ring of the anchor. noun

A pun or play on words. noun

A mode of securing a nail, staple, or the like, by turning over the point and hammering back into the wood the portion bent over. noun

See clinch.

Tight grip.

A seal that is applied to formed thin-wall bushings.

A local chapter of the Church of the SubGenius parody religion.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Clench

The word "clench" in example sentences

By 9: 00 p.m., six corrections officers had strapped him down and you could see Muhammad kind of clench his fist a few times. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Yet DOE's culture has been created around this idea that if you ever fail, you get your butt dragged up to Congress and shouted at, and that just causes everybody to kind of clench up. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"I kind of clench my teeth every time Paterson says people will leave," said Edmund J. McMahon, director of the Empire Center for New York State Policy, a conservative-leaning research group that has advocated for sharp cuts in spending to balance New York's budget. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It churned with tightness of cultured flavor streaming through the innards of a beast gifting his drop for us to clench our jaws and say AHH, such flavor is … … … .. ❋ Unknown (2009)

How I feel about self-promotion … well the moment I read your title I felt a little “clench” inside me. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It's really rare that I see something and it makes me clench my buttcheeks so tight that I pull a butt muscle. ❋ Tyler (2009)

It wasn't just the set of those jaws, which looked clenched in the way that jaws clench when someone is always used to getting their own way. ❋ Christina Patterson (2011)

The muscles in my groin clench and a heat spreads through me, undeniably pleasant and unwelcome all at the same time, but I can't help myself. ❋ Ann Wahlman (2011)

"As soon as I hear that drill, even from another room, my fists clench, my body stiffens and my heart starts pounding," she adds. ❋ Melinda Beck (2011)

They lay down on the floor and Michael instructed her to clench her fist and release, signifying letting go of stress. ❋ Ramaa Reddy Raghavan (2011)

Rioters were more likely to give the finger than clench the fist. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The inner fists clench, and the grin begins to grimace. ❋ Wale Oyejide (2011)

And lifts in vain, his pale-clench'd hands, for rest; ❋ Unknown (2010)

- Kimberly 3. You clench your nether regions just before a sneeze so you don't pee. ❋ The Stir (2012)

I wanted not to feel the clench in my guts every time the bills came due. ❋ JP Reese (2011)

Robles's clench is ferocious—"Like a vice grip," said his coach, Shawn Charles—and McDonough, who had lost only twice in his college career, soon looked helpless underneath. ❋ Jason Gay (2011)

My sisters and I grin around certificates and diplomas, drape the posed arm around each other in the light of a balding Christmas tree; we clench tiny fists around November bouquets, swinging on the thick rubber seats of the local park's playground, our somedays still just some distant thing that would happen to us eventually, like magic. ❋ Casey McGrath (2011)

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