Dictionary Entry
clutch
clutch is a 6-letter English word with 18 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 18 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp.
- 2noun
The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; -- often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary.
- 3noun
A device which is used for coupling shafting, etc., so as to transmit motion, and which may be disengaged at pleasure.
- 4noun
Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
- 5noun
The nest complement of eggs of a bird.
- 6noun
To seize, clasp, or gripe with the hand, hands, or claws; -- often figuratively; as, to clutch power.
- 7noun
To close tightly; to clinch.
- 8intransitive verb
To reach (at something) as if to grasp; to catch or snatch; -- often followed by at.
- 9noun
the act of grasping
"he released his clasp on my arm"
"he has a strong grip for an old man"
- 10noun
a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism
"this year's model has an improved clutch"
- 11noun
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"
- 12noun
a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand
- 13noun
a collection of things or persons to be handled together
Synonyms
- 14noun
a number of birds hatched at the same time
- 15noun
a tense critical situation
"he is a good man in the clutch"
- 16verb
affect
"Fear seized the prisoners"
"The patient was seized with unbearable pains"
Synonyms
- 17verb
take hold of; grab
"The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"
"She clutched her purse"
- 18verb
hold firmly, usually with one's hands
"She clutched my arm when she got scared"
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