clenchy
clenchy adjective: resembling or characteristic of a clench; as if in a tight grip.
Adjective
clenchy (comparative more clenchy, superlative most clenchy)
- Resembling or characteristic of a clench; as if in a tight grip.
- Personally, I've experienced Hell, for just a couple of minutes. My version is this itchy/clenchy feeling in the stomach and all across your skin, where we can't itch it or touch whatever it is, but you feel something *gnawing* at you.1996 February 20, Confusion Incarnate, “What's YOUR concept of hell?”, in alt.society.generation-x (Usenet), archived from the original on 16 Sep 2025
- I can't stand bananas either. I too have literally vomited from the smell, for some reason, especially in the morning. It doesn't help that everytime^([sic]) I smell them, I get sense-memories of that slimy texture in my mouth, and just start to get that clenchy trying-not-to-hurl feeling in my...1998 March 11, Jason Gill, “Bananas are disgusting (re: breastfeeding)”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet), archived from the original on 16 Sep 2025
- Clenched; tending to clench or be clenched.
- Well, you've been here awhile, so you deserve more benefit of the doubt than "clenchy" beck there (he must have meant his anus, he can't really be a SubG) - so, let me ask, what makes you think hk is a guy?2001 January 30, CmarkB, “i wish”, in alt.discordia (Usenet), archived from the original on 16 Sep 2025
- Tino: Hey, you alright? Carver: I’m fine. Tino: But your teeth are all clenchy. Carver: I’m just exercising my jaw.2001 September 16, Peter Gaffney, “The Perfect Son”, in The Weekenders, season 3, episode 2, spoken by Tino Tonitini (Jason Marsden) and Carver René Descartes (Phil LaMarr), Glendale, Calif.: Walt...
Examples of clenchy in a sentence
- It doesn't help that everytime^([sic]) I smell them, I get sense-memories of that slimy texture in my mouth, and just start to get that clenchy trying-not-to-hurl feeling in my throat.1998 March 11, Jason Gill, “Bananas are disgusting (re: breastfeeding)”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet), archived from the original on...
- Now I'd guess that if any given clinic just happened to be full of more jerky, aggressive, loud, harsh, grabby, clenchy people, maybe the predator thing would be emphasized a bit more.2003 November 20, Cindi, “Expert opinons on Monty Roberts training methods & interpretation of horse behavior”, in rec.equestrian (Usenet)...
- Green is the colour of nice people / whose fugitive ink is never red. / Red is the foreigner's painted steeple, / and black's the clenchy fingers / of oh so many's forgotten dead.2008 October 29, Peter J Ross, “Inés / PJR”, in rec.arts.poems (Usenet), archived from the original on 16 Sep 2025:
Forms of clenchy
| comparative | more clenchy |
|---|---|
| superlative | most clenchy |
Origin of clenchy
From clench + -y.
Questions about clenchy
- What does clenchy mean?
- Clenchy means resembling or characteristic of a clench; as if in a tight grip.
- How do you use clenchy in a sentence?
- It doesn't help that everytime^([sic]) I smell them, I get sense-memories of that slimy texture in my mouth, and just start to get that clenchy trying-not-to-hurl feeling in my throat.
- What part of speech is clenchy?
- Clenchy is an adjective.
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