clutch [kluhch]
Origin:
1175–1225; ME clucchen, var. of clicchen, OE clyccan to clench
1175–1225; ME clucchen, var. of clicchen, OE clyccan to clench
- to seize with or as with the hands or claws; snatch: the bird flew down and clutched its prey
- to grip or hold tightly or firmly
- a mechanism for readily engaging or disengaging a shaft with or from another shaft or rotating part
- a woman's small purse, normally carried without a strap or handle: she put her lipstick into her clutch
- done or accomplished in a critical situation: the dagger that Jodie Meeks threw in to beat Florida was clutch
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