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Clinching

adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    That settles something (such as an argument) definitely and conclusively.

    "‘Yes,’ said Dick, with such a clinching period at the end that it seemed he was never going to add another word."

Noun
  1. 1
    A clinch; a passionate embrace. countable, uncountable

    "Though there are no kissings and clinchings, […]"

  2. 2
    A making certain or finalizing. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  3. 3
    The distortion of computer tape by wrinkling. countable, historical, uncountable

    "This “clinching” can distort the tape by causing a series of creases or folds in the surface and may produce read errors."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of clinch form-of, gerund, participle, present

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