clinch

To clasp; to interlock.

To make certain; to finalize.

“I already planned to buy the car, but the color was what really clinched it for me.”

To fasten securely or permanently.

To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed.

To embrace passionately.

To hold firmly; to clench.

To set closely together; to close tightly.

“to clinch the teeth or the fist”

Secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts

“The girder was clinched into the wall”

Hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches

Hold in a tight grasp

“clench a steering wheel”

Flatten the ends (of nails and rivets)

“the nails were clinched”

Settle conclusively

“clinch a deal”

Any of several fastenings.

The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast.

“to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon”

“to secure anything by a clinch”

nauticalA hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.

A passionate embrace.

wrestlingcombat sportsThe act of one or both fighters holding onto the other to prevent being hit or engage in standup grappling.

(boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily

A small slip noose made with seizing

The flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet

A device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together

A tight or amorous embrace

“come here and give me a big hug”