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    clinch
    /klɪn(t)ʃ/

    verb

    • 1. confirm or settle (a contract or bargain): "the Texan wanted to impress him to clinch a business deal" Similar securesettleconcludeclose
    • 2. grapple at close quarters, especially (of boxers) so as to be too closely engaged for full-arm blows. Similar grapplewrestlestruggle with each otherscuffle with each other

    noun

    • 1. a struggle or scuffle at close quarters: "breaking from a clinch, he crossed with his right"
    • 2. a knot used to fasten ropes or angling lines, using a half hitch with the end seized back on its own part.

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