Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clenching

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.60 in modern English

Syllables: clench-ing
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of clench

noun

The act by which something (a fist, a jaw, etc.) is clenched.

adj

Alternative form of clinching (“that settles something definitely”).

Example Sentences

"Many of the clenchings [of muscles] were uncoordinated, and one would guess that they occurred more and more as the sleep synchronized."
"Possibly I might be blamed a bit for my truantry, but the recapture of the Hispaniola was a clenching answer, and I hoped that even Captain Smollett would confess I had not lost my time."

Inflected Forms

clenchings (plural) more clenching (comparative) most clenching (superlative)

Questions

What does clenching mean?: present participle and gerund of clench

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