clinch | (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily |
hug clinch squeeze | a tight or amorous embrace, come here and give me a big hug |
nail pulling nail removal | a form of torture in which the fingernails or toenails are removed |
nail-tailed wallaby nail-tailed kangaroo | small wallabies with a horny nail on the tip of the tail |
cigarette cigaret coffin nail butt fag | finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper, for smoking |
clamp clinch | a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together |
clinch | the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet |
clinch clench | a small slip noose made with seizing |
clout nail clout | a short nail with a flat head, used to attach sheet metal to wood |
corrugated fastener wiggle nail | a small strip of corrugated steel with sharp points on one side, hammered across wood joints in rough carpentry |
double clinch | a clinch with two loops |
eightpenny nail | a nail . inches long |
fourpenny nail | a nail . inches long |
inside clinch | a clinch with the end of the line inside the loop |
nail | a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener |
nail hole | a hole left after a nail is removed |
nail polish nail enamel nail varnish | a cosmetic lacquer that dries quickly and that is applied to the nails to color them or make them shiny |
outside clinch | a clinch with the end of the line outside the loop |
sixpenny nail | a nail inches long |
stub nail | a short thick nail |
tenpenny nail | a nail inches long |
nail | horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits |
Clinch River | a river that rises in southwestern Virginia and flows generally southwestward across eastern Tennessee to the Tennessee River |
nail | a former unit of length for cloth equal to of a yard |
finalize finalise settle nail down | make final, put the last touches on, put into final form, let's finalize the proposal |
pin down peg down nail down narrow down narrow specify | define clearly, I cannot narrow down the rules for this game |
clinch | settle conclusively, clinch a deal |
complete nail | complete a pass |
collar nail apprehend arrest pick up nab cop | take into custody, the police nabbed the suspected criminals |
clinch | flatten the ends (of nails and rivets), the nails were clinched |
clinch | secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts, The girder was clinched into the wall |
nail | attach something somewhere by means of nails, nail the board onto the wall |
smash nail boom blast | hit hard, He smashed a -run homer |
clinch | embrace amorously |
clench clinch | hold in a tight grasp, clench a steering wheel |
clinch c | hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches |
pinpoint nail | locate exactly, can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?, The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome |
breeze through ace pass with flying colors sweep through sail through nail | succeed at easily, She sailed through her exams, You will pass with flying colors, She nailed her astrophysics course |
nail down nail peg | succeed in obtaining a position, He nailed down a spot at Harvard |
cliff-hanging suspenseful suspensive nail-biting | (of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense |
tooth and nail | with force and ferocity, she fought tooth and nail |