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Definition: Clincher |
ClincherNoun1. An argument that is conclusive. 2. A point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "clincher" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references) |
Synonyms: ClincherSynonyms: decisive factor (n), determiner (n), determining factor (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Confutation | Noun: {ant } confutation, refutation; answer, complete answer; disproof, conviction, redargution, invalidation; exposure, exposition; clincher; retort; reductio ad absurdum; knock down argument, tu quoque argument; sockdolager. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Clincher |
| Specialty definitions using "clincher": can tester, CAR BLOCKER ♦ pail tester ♦ TESTING-MACHINE OPERATOR. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Clincher" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Romanian (clinker). |
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| "Clincher" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Clincher" is used about 25 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 25 | 69,787 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "clincher": Clincher-built. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
clincher | 21 |
bat clincher softball | 4 |
clincher softball | 4 |
clincher gloves | 3 |
clincher tire | 3 |
clincher softballs | 3 |
de beer clincher | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "clincher"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | спойка (binder, binding, cement, seal, seam, solder, vehicle, weld), необорим аргумент (trump card), болт (bolt, gudgeon, plug). (various references) | |
Chinese | 封盖就位器. (various references) | |
Danish | klinkebygget baad (clincher built boat, clinker built boat). (various references) | |
Dutch | overnaadse boot (clincher built boat, clinker built boat), overnaads gebouwde boot (clincher built boat, clinker built boat). (various references) | |
Farsi | متمسک شونده , قیچی کننده , قاطع (Categorical, Conclusive, Crucial, Decisive, Incisive, Overbearing, Secant, Trenchant, Unanswerable). (various references) | |
French | atout. (various references) | |
German | Trumpf (trump, trump card), klingen (clang, clink, peal, ring, ringing, sound, tingle, tinkle, tinkling, tintinnabulation, to clink, to sound, to twang, twang), klingeln (bells, give a ring, go, jingle, ping, pinging, pink, ring, ring the bell, ringing, ting, tinkle, to jingle, to ring, to ring the bell), ausschlaggegebenes argument. (various references) | |
Greek | κάτι αποφασιστικόν, καρφί (nail, stud). (various references) | |
Hungarian | megdönthetetlen érvelés (clinker). (various references) | |
Italian | brìscola (asset, trump), argomento decisivo (settler). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 留め (finishing blow, remaining, stopping), 止め (finishing blow), 決まり手 (winning techique), 決め手 (a person who decides, deciding factor, trump card, winning move). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きまりて (winning techique), きめて (a person who decides, deciding factor, decisive factor, person who decides, trump card, winning move), とどめ (finishing blow). (various references) | |
Manx | fockle jerrinagh (ultimatum), cashyl. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | incherclay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | grampo (brace, bracket, clam, clamp, clasp, claw, clinch, clip, dog nail, holdfast, locket, parenthesis, spike, staple, tie-plate), gato (cat, pussycat, rivet, staple, tom-cat), gancho (bond, brace, coat hook, cramp, crook, gaff, hanger, hasp, hog-wash, holdfast, hook, loop, snap, stirrup, tie-plate, trammel), argumento decisivo (clinker, sockdolager). (various references) | |
Romanian | clamã (clamp, clip, cramp, fastener), scoabã (bracer, chisel, clamp, clasp, clench, clip, cramp, crampon, dog, Gib, gouge, link, staple, strap, yoke), argument hotãrâtor (clench, sound argument). (various references) | |
Russian | клепальщик (riveter), клинчер, заклепка (rivet). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zakivač (nailer), nepobitan argument, konačan dokaz. (various references) | |
Spanish | remachador (riveter), punto clave (key point). (various references) | |
Swedish | nitare. (various references) | |
Turkish | sorunu kökünden çözen tartışma, düğüm noktası (crucial point, crux, Nodus, vital point). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | скоба (bail, brace, bracket, buckle, clamp, clench, clinch, clip, cramp, holdfast, staple, stirrup), клепальник (riveter), заклепка (clench, clinch, rivet), болт (bolt, dag, pintle), переколивий аргумент. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | lý lẽ vững chắc (clencher), lý lẽ đanh thép (clencher). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "clincher": clinchers. (additional references) | |
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"Clincher" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Clencher, clicher, clocher, Clonahoe. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "clincher" (pronounced kli"nkher) |
| 4 | -i" n kh er | Pincher. |
| 3 | -n kh er | adventure, bencher, Clencher, cruncher, debenture, denture, indenture, launcher, licensure, misadventure, quencher, rancher, trencher, venture. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-e-h-i-l-n-r" | |
-2 letters: chicer, chicle, circle, clench, cleric, cliche, clinch, enrich, lichen, richen. | |
-3 letters: cerci, ceric, chiel, chile, chine, cinch, cline, liner, nicer, niche, relic. | |
-4 letters: ceil, chic, chin, cine, cire, elhi, heil, heir, herl, hern, hire, inch, lech, lehr, lice, lich, lien, lier, line, lire, nice, rein, rice, rich, riel, rile. | |
-5 letters: cel, chi, ern, hen. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-e-h-i-l-n-r" | |
+1 letter: chronicle, clinchers. | |
+2 letters: chronicled, chronicler, chronicles. | |
+3 letters: archangelic, chanticleer, cholinergic, chroniclers, necrophilic. | |
+4 letters: chanticleers, churchliness, heliocentric, necrophiliac, unchronicled. | |
+5 letters: chancelleries, chancellories, necrophiliacs, neurochemical, phallocentric, pyrotechnical. | |
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