clinching
/klˈɪntʃɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
That settles something (such as an argument) definitely and conclusively.
Example Sentences
- "‘Yes,’ said Dick, with such a clinching period at the end that it seemed he was never going to add another word."
- "There were no dreams, No phantoms in her future any more: One clinching revelation of what was One by-flash of irrevocable chance, Had acridly but honestly foretold The mystical fulfilment of a life That might have once … But that was all gone by"
- "He shocked his hearers by urging them not to fast during Ramadan, which begins Feb. 29. As a clinching argument, Bourguiba recalled that even Mohammed, when inconveniently overtaken by Ramadan on his march to Mecca, counseled his soldiers: “Break the fast, and you will be stronger to confront the enemy.”"
- "Though there are no kissings and clinchings, […]"
- "Only six weeks into the season, the top-ranked Bulldogs were undefeated at 60, but more important to Louisiana Tech was one of the earliest clinchings of a conference title in the annals of college football."
- "This “clinching” can distort the tape by causing a series of creases or folds in the surface and may produce read errors."