clutch

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  1. transitive verb To grasp and hold tightly.
  2. transitive verb To seize; snatch.
  3. intransitive verb To attempt to grasp or seize: clutch at a life raft.
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  • Jerked them into second as she tried to get a feel for the clutch, then finally spluttered down the road. —  The Next Accident by Lisa Gardner
  • Doc said, "Watch out for Madison I think I just killed him," Hazard said Doc listened to a car engine start, race, become labored as the clutch was released. —  165 - The Devil Is Jones
  • If that isn't clutch, then I have no idea what clutch is. —  MVN
  • Suddenly it all made sense, like the way driving a car makes sense when you finally figure out how it works, why the clutch is there in the first place, and how to stop stalling in the middle of the road. —  Nothing But Bonfires - You say tomato, I say you're saying it wrong
  • My point is, this Botkier Gemma clutch is a Cheap Thrill that goes a long way because it covers you from morning til night. —  The Bag Snob: Reviews of Designer Handbags, Authentic Designer Purses, and Leather Bags
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grasp ·  grip ·  brake ·  claw ·  scream ·  tug ·  embrace ·  stab ·  jerk ·  lever ·  horde ·  gasp

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clutch:   clutches ·  clutched ·  clutching
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English clucchen, from Old English clyccan.
  2. Variant of dialectal cletch; akin to Middle English clekken, to hatch, from Old Norse klekja.

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  1. Early modern English also clouch; from Middle English clucchen, cluchen (*cluken, corresponding to Scots cleuk, cluke, cluik), clutch, seize; connected with cloche, clouche (also cloke, later Scots cleuk, cluke, cluik, clook), a claw, talon. The older and more common form of the Middle English verb is clechen (later English dial, cletch, clitch, cleach) or cleken (later English dial, cleak, cleek, cleik, click) (preterit cleyzt, cliht, etc.), with noun cleche, a claw. Origin doubtful; Anglo-Saxon ge-læccan (see latch, v.) corresponds in meaning, but not, initially, in form.
  2. Early modern English also clouch; from clutch, v., directly, or in the senses of ‘paw, talon, hand,’ through Middle English cloche, etc., a claw, talon, hand: see clutch, v.
 

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