clenching
Meaning of clenching
verb, gerund or present participle
- (with reference to the fingers or hand) close into a tight ball, especially as a manifestation of extreme anger.
she clenched her fists, struggling for control
Ian's right hand clenched into a fist
Old English (in the sense of clinch ‘fix securely’): of Germanic origin; related to cling.
Information about clenching
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of clenching
clench-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- clenching is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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