Definition of "clenches" [clenches]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clench. (verb)

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• "Nay, he was not free from the lowest and most groveling kind of wit, which we call clenches, of which "Every Man in his"
• "When I couldn't see, or feel, an 'when my knees was shakin an my head goin' like a merry-go-round, I'd fall safe into clenches just the same."
• "Who knew that volleyball in the pool could be such an amazingly transfixing spectator sport, the strategies, the drama, the ointrigue, the bikini clenches."