unclinch
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
unclinch (third-person singular simple present unclinches, present participle unclinching, simple past and past participle unclinched)
- Alternative form of unclench
- to unclinch the fist
- 1991, Brian Fair Berkey, Keys to Tulsa:
- Boudreau felt his sphincters unclinch slightly once he realized he wasn't dead.
References[edit]
- “unclinch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.