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Clutch
klʌtʃ
Clutch definitions
verb
clutch
clutched
clutches
clutching
- grasp (something) tightly
"he stood clutching a microphone"
noun
clutch
clutches
- a tight grasp
"she made a clutch at his body"
- a person's power or control, especially when regarded as inescapable
"Tom had fallen into Amanda's clutches"
- a mechanism for connecting and disconnecting an engine and the transmission system in a vehicle, or the working parts of any machine
"she let the clutch in and the car surged forward"
- the pedal operating the clutch in a vehicle
- a clutch bag
adjective
clutch
clutcher
clutchest
- (in sport) denoting or occurring at a critical situation in which the outcome of a game or competition is at stake
"they both are hard-nosed players who seem to thrive in clutch situations"
- (of a player or action) achieving or characterized by success at a critical moment in a game or competition
"a clutch quarterback"