clutch
adjective
1. (US, Canada) Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.
noun
1. the act of grasping
Similar word(s): clasp, clench, clutches, grasp, grip, hold
Definition categories: act, grasping, prehension, seizing
2. a tense critical situation
- he is a good man in the clutch
Definition categories: state
3. a number of birds hatched at the same time
Definition categories: group, brood
4. a collection of things or persons to be handled together
Similar word(s): batch
Definition categories: group, accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
5. a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand
Definition categories: man–made, bag, handbag, pocketbook, purse
6. a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism
- he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other
Definition categories: man–made, pedal, treadle
7. a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism
- this year's model has an improved clutch
verb
1. take hold of; grab
- She clutched her purse
Similar word(s): prehend, seize
Definition categories: contact, take
2. hold firmly, usually with one's hands
- She clutched my arm when she got scared
Definition categories: contact, hold
3. affect
Similar word(s): seize
Definition categories: cognition, overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, whelm
Sentences with clutch as a verb:
- to clutch power
- She clutched her purse tightly and walked nervously into the building.