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Clinches
- noun - (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily
- a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together
- a small slip noose made with seizing
- a tight or amorous embrace; "come here and give me a big hug"
- embrace amorously
- flatten the ends (of nails and rivets); "the nails were clinched"
- hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches
- hold in a tight grasp; "clench a steering wheel"
- secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts; "The girder was clinched into the wall"
- settle conclusively; "clinch a deal"
- the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet
Clinkers
- noun - a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire
- a hard brick used as a paving stone
- clear out the cinders and clinker from; "we clinkered the fire frequently"
- turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning
Clippers
- noun - (electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform); "a limiter introduces amplitude distortion"
- a fast sailing ship used in former times
- scissors for cutting hair or finger nails (often used in the plural)
- shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural)
Clitoris
- noun - a female sexual organ homologous to the penis
Clitters
- verb - make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures; "male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate"
Clobbers
- noun - beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
- informal terms for personal possessions; "did you take all your clobber?"
- strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"
Clonings
- noun - a general term for the research activity that creates a copy of some biological entity (a gene or organism or cell)
Closeups
- noun - a photograph taken at close range
Closings
- noun -
- a concluding action
- approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap; "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision"
- termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the day care center"
- the act of closing something
Closures
- noun - a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric
- a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube;
- approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap; "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision"
- something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; "they finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure"
- terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion"
- termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the day care center"
- the act of blocking