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clenchings

clenchings is the plural of clenching.

Meaning of clenching

Noun

clenching (plural clenchings)

  1. The act by which something (a fist, a jaw, etc.) is clenched.
    • Many of the clenchings [of muscles] were uncoordinated, and one would guess that they occurred more and more as the sleep synchronized.1965, Edward J. Murray, Sleep, dreams, and arousal, page 151

Questions about clenchings

What is clenchings the plural of?
Clenchings is the plural of clenching.

Words near clenchings in the dictionary

  1. clenchers
  2. clenches
  3. clenches one's fists
  4. clenching
  5. clenching one's fists
  6. clenchings
  7. clenchpoop
  8. clenchpoops
  9. clencht
  10. Clenchwarton
  11. clenchy

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