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clinchings

clinchings is the plural of clinching.

Meaning of clinching

Noun

clinching (countable and uncountable, plural clinchings)

  1. A clinch; a passionate embrace.
    • Though there are no kissings and clinchings, […]1937, Motion Picture Herald, volume 127, numbers 1-6, page 42
  2. A making certain or finalizing.
    • 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.2015, George Becnel, The Southland Conference: Small College Football, Big Dreams
  3. (historical) The distortion of computer tape by wrinkling.
    • This “clinching” can distort the tape by causing a series of creases or folds in the surface and may produce read errors.1985, Alvin C. Larson, Computer Operator (AFSC 51150), page 87

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Questions about clinchings

What is clinchings the plural of?
Clinchings is the plural of clinching.

Words near clinchings in the dictionary

  1. clincher-work
  2. clinchers
  3. clinches
  4. clinching
  5. clinchingly
  6. clinchings
  7. clinchpoop
  8. clinchpoops
  9. clinda
  10. clindamycin
  11. cline

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