Clinch
nounid
25640·updated May 16, 2026“Clinch” is retired. It does not tag in any document, it is excluded from the anchor pack, and it does not hold its lemma — so another term can take it.
deprecated
(boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily
polysemous
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
No variants recorded
This term has no surface-form variants in the lexicon yet, so it tags only its canonical form.
Framework definitions
- §1
- (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily
- §2
- a tight or amorous embrace
- §3
- a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together
- §4
- the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet
- §5
- a small slip noose made with seizing
Outgoing relationships
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This term is not the subject of any RDF-style relationship yet.
Incoming relationships
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No other term currently asserts a relationship to this one.