clunch

== English == === Etymology 1 === Perhaps related to clump. Compare hump, hunch; lump, lunch, etc. ==== Noun ==== clunch (countable and uncountable, plural clunches) (UK) A traditional building material mostly made of chalk or clay. === Etymology 2 === Alteration of clench. ==== Verb ==== clunch (third-person singular simple present clunches, present participle clunching, simple past and past participle clunched) (transitive) To grasp firmly; clench.