clutch
clutch
kləʧ
klēch
/klˈʌt‍ʃ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "clutch"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āϧāϰāĻž, āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϧāϰāĻž

to seize or grab suddenly and firmly
Transitive: to clutch sth
to clutch definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Startled by the sudden noise, he clutched his chest in surprise.
āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇ āϚāĻŽāϕ⧇ āωāϠ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦ⧁āĻ• āĻšā§‡āĻĒ⧇ āϧāϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āφāρāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϧāϰāĻž, āĻĻ⧃āĻĸāĻŧāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϧāϰāĻž

to try to secure or retain a hold on an object
Transitive: to clutch at sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She clutched at the railing as the ship rocked back and forth on the turbulent waves.
āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāϜāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϤāϰāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻĻā§‹āϞ āϖ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏ⧇ āϰ⧇āϞāĻŋāĻ‚āϟāĻŋ āφāρāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϧāϰāϞāĨ¤
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āϧāϰāĻž, āφāρāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϧāϰāĻž

to seize or grasp something intangible, such as an opportunity, a concept, or a moment
Transitive: to clutch an opportunity or concept
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The politician clutched the chance to address the crowd, seeing it as an opportunity to sway public opinion.
āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āϜāύāϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϰ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ—āϟāĻŋ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āύ, āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϜāύāĻŽāϤāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϚ, āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϚ āĻĒ⧇āĻĄāĻžāϞ

the handle or pedal that one uses to change gears in a car, truck, etc.
clutch definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The clutch made a strange noise when he depressed it.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϚ āϟāĻŋāĻĒāϞ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĻā§āϭ⧁āϤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϚ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ—

a small hand-held bag without handles or straps, usually carried as a fashion accessory to complement an outfit
clutch definition and meaning
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āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϚ, āϧāϰāĻž

the act of grasping
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āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ

a tense critical situation
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āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϚ, āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧋āĻ—

a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻāϞ

a collection of things or persons to be handled together
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āĻāĻ•āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽ āĻĢ⧁āĻŸā§‡ āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋāϰ āĻĻāϞ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋāϰ āĻĻāϞ

a number of birds hatched at the same time
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āϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āϚāĻŽā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ, āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āϰāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ

performing exceptionally well under pressure or in critical situations
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I try to be clutch whenever a high-stakes decision arises.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āϝāĻ–āύāχ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻšā§āϚ-āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āϕ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āωāϠ⧇ āφāϏ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

declutch
clutch
App
āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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