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clutch

25 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) clutch (verb)
  2. 2) clutch (noun)
  3. 3) clutch (adjective)
  4. 4) clutch (noun)
  5. clutch bag (noun)
  6. band clutch (noun)
  7. centrifugal clutch (noun)
  8. claw clutch (noun)
  9. cone clutch (noun)
  10. disk clutch (noun)
  11. dog clutch (noun)
  12. double-clutch (verb)
  13. friction clutch (noun)
  14. jaw clutch (noun)
  15. magnetic clutch (noun)
  16. magnetic fluid clutch (noun)
  17. overrunning clutch (noun)
  18. plate clutch (noun)
  19. positive clutch (noun)
  20. rim clutch (noun)
  21. ring clutch (noun)
  22. rolling key clutch (noun)
  23. snap clutch (noun)
  24. fluid drive (noun)
  25. slip friction (noun)

1clutch

verb \ˈkləch\

Definition of CLUTCH

transitive verb
1
: to grasp or hold with or as if with the hand or claws usually strongly, tightly, or suddenly
2
obsolete : clench
intransitive verb
1
: to seek to grasp and hold <clutched at her hand>
2
: to operate an automobile clutch
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Examples of CLUTCH

  1. I had to clutch the counter to keep from falling.
  2. The child clutched her mother's hand firmly.
  3. He had a book clutched in his hand.

Origin of CLUTCH

Middle English clucchen, from Old English clyccan
First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to CLUTCH

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Rhymes with CLUTCH

crutch, cutch, dutch, Dutch, grutch, hutch, much, scutch, smutch, such, touch

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