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hasp
English
Etymology
From Middle English haspe, hespe, from Old English hæsp, hæpse (“hasp; clasp; fastening”), from Proto-Germanic *haspij?, *hapsij? (“hasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kamb- (“to bend; crook”). Cognate with Middle Dutch haspe, Middle Low German haspe, hespe, German Low German Haspel (“spindle of yarn”), German Häspe, Danish haspe, Swedish hasp, Icelandic hespa (“clamp; hasp; skein of yarn”).
Noun
hasp (plural hasps)
- A clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door.
- A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.
- Alternative form of hesp
- An instrument for cutting the surface of grassland; a scarifier.
Translations
Verb
hasp (third-person singular simple present hasps, present participle hasping, simple past and past participle hasped)
- (transitive) To shut or fasten with a hasp.
Translations
Anagrams
- HSAP, HSPA, PAHs, PHAs, SAHP, Shap, haps, pahs, pash, psha
Irish
Noun
hasp f sg
- h-prothesized form of asp
Swedish
Noun
hasp c
- a hasp, a latch, a primitive locking mechanism
Declension
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clinch
English
Etymology
16th-century alteration of clench.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kl?nt?/
- Rhymes: -?nt?
Verb
clinch (third-person singular simple present clinches, present participle clinching, simple past and past participle clinched)
- To clasp; to interlock. [from 1560s]
- To make certain; to finalize. [from 1716]
- To fasten securely or permanently.
- To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed. [17th century]
- To embrace passionately.
- To hold firmly; to clench.
- To set closely together; to close tightly.
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, The Duty of Servants at Inns
- try if the heads of the nails be fast, and whether they be well clinched
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, The Duty of Servants at Inns
Synonyms
- (fasten securely): attach, join, put together; see also Thesaurus:join
- (hold firmly): clasp, grasp, grip; See also Thesaurus:grasp
Translations
Noun
clinch (plural clinches)
- Any of several fastenings.
- The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip or grasp.
- (obsolete) A pun.
- (nautical) A 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.
- 2015, Judith Arnold, Moondance
- More likely, he was letting her know that his visit this morning was not going to end in a clinch—or something steamier. It was going to be about sitting at a table, drinking coffee and talking.
- 2015, Judith Arnold, Moondance
- In combat sports, the act of one or both fighters holding onto the other to prevent being hit or engage in standup grappling.
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See also
- clinch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- clench
- clincher
- clinch nut
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