clutch
verb
[ klʌtʃ ]
• grasp (something) tightly.
• "he stood clutching a microphone"
Similar:
grip,
grasp,
clasp,
cling to,
hang on to,
clench,
hold,
reach for,
snatch at,
make a grab for,
catch at,
claw at,
grab,
seize,
lay (one's) hands on,
get one's hands on,
grab/seize/take hold of,
clutch
noun
• a tight grasp.
• "she made a clutch at his body"
• 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"
• a clutch bag.
clutch
adjective
• (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"
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘bend, crook’): variant of obsolete clitch ‘close the hand’, from Old English clyccan ‘crook, clench’, of Germanic origin.
clutch
noun
• a group of eggs fertilized at the same time, laid in a single session and (in birds) incubated together.
• "they lay fewer than ten eggs in a clutch"
Origin:
early 18th century: probably a southern variant of northern English dialect cletch, related to Middle English cleck ‘to hatch’, from Old Norse klekja .
clutch bag
noun
• a slim, flat handbag without handles or a strap.
