Clutch

Definition: Clutch

Clutch

Noun

1. The act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing".

2. A tense critical situation; "he is a good man in the clutch".

3. A number of birds hatched at the same time.

4. A collection of things or persons to be handled together.

5. A pedal that operates a clutch.

6. A coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism.

Verb

1. Take hold of; grab; "The salesclerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals".

2. Hold firmly, usually with one's hands; "She clutched my arm when she got scared".

3. Affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unberable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "clutch" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1385. (references)

Mechanical Engineering

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Clutch

Retention

Verb: retain, keep; hold fast one's own, hold tight one's own, hold fast one's ground, hold tight one's ground; clinch, clench, clutch, grasp, gripe, hug, have a firm hold of.

Taking

Get hold of, lay hold of, take hold of, catch hold of, lay fast hold of, take firm hold of; lay by the heels, take prisoner; fasten upon, grip, grapple, embrace, gripe, clasp, grab, clutch, collar, throttle, take by the throat, claw, clinch, clench, make sure of.

Clutch, swoop, wrench; grip; (retention); haul, take, catch; scramble.

Crosswords: Clutch

But she's not, she's merely the female with the largest clutch of eggs (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert)

Clutch your purses tight (Ugly; performing artist: Bubba Sparxxx)

Lean on the gas and off the clutch (Run; performing artist: George Strait)

On the freeway, hell way, foot on the clutch (Livin' It Up; performing artist: Ja Rule)

Close like Starsky and Hutch, stick the clutch (Hypnotize; performing artist: The Notorious B.I.G.)

Pardon My Clutch (1948)

The Clutch of Circumstance (1918)

In the Clutch of the Emperor (1915)

The Clutch of the Emperor (1915)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Ogura Clutch Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Automobile Clutch Component Replacement Parts (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• A Clutch of Red Diamonds (reference)

• Automotive Power Trains: Clutch, Manual Transmission, Transaxle, and Final Drive: A Text-Lab Manual (reference)

• Clutch of Constables (reference)

• Clutch of Phantoms (reference)

• Dragon's Clutch (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Official 1994 NBA Championship: Clutch City (reference)

• The Official 1995 NBA Championship: Double Clutch (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

High Tech

• Clutch Hitter (reference)

• Power Clutch Joystick (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• DeWalt DW926K-2 9.6-Volt Compact 3/8" Adjustable Clutch Drill/Driver Kit� (reference)

• DeWalt DW983K-2 14.4 Volt XRP 1/2" Heavy Duty Adjustable Clutch Cordless Drill/Driver Kit (reference)

• Factory-Reconditioned DeWalt DW983K-2R 14.4 Volt XRP 1/2" Heavy Duty Adjustable Clutch Cordless Drill/Driver Kit (reference)

• DeWalt DW4MEGA-2 18-Volt 1/2" Mid-Handle Adjustable Clutch Drill/Driver/Hammerdrill (reference)

• DeWalt DW282 6.5-Amp Variable-Speed Reversing Positive Clutch Screwdriver (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Son of pioneer at El Indio, Texas, repairing clutch on tractor. Credit: Library of Congress.

Testing clutch on tractor. El Indio, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

His hands clutch spasmodically, and grasp at nothing

And he had let the clutch out against the brake to test for slipping clutch plates

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

The products range from aluminum components, bumpers, steering systems, clutch systems, and engine parts to tires, aluminum and magnesium wheels, batteries, engine heaters and axles. (references)

The slow-moving aftermarket is segmented into six product categories including steering system components, non-friction brake system components, non-friction clutch components, radiators, pistons, and cylinder head gaskets. (references)

Calipers are expected to perform well as evidence by the growing number of high-priced calipers being sold. Strong growth is also expected in steering system components, while non-friction clutch components are expected to decline as improvements in design increase the life of both products. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "clutch": a drowning man will clutch at a straw ♦ Bayonet clutch ♦ clutch at ♦ clutch bag ♦ clutch bearing ♦ clutch disc ♦ clutch disk ♦ clutch hitter ♦ clutch housing ♦ clutch lever ♦ clutch lining ♦ clutch pedal ♦ clutch shaft ♦ clutch spring ♦ Cone clutch ♦ cone friction clutch ♦ disengage the clutch ♦ Disk clutch ♦ engage the clutch ♦ fluid clutch ♦ friction clutch ♦ let in the clutch ♦ operate the clutch ♦ slip clutch ♦ slip friction clutch ♦ slip the clutch ♦ slipping clutch ♦ spiral clutch ♦ to disengage the clutch. Additional references.

Beginning with "clutch": clutch-bag.

Ending with "clutch": de-clutch, plate-clutch.

Afrikaans

koppelaar, gryp (grab, grasp, grip, seize), bemagtig (grab, grasp, grip, seize), beetvak (grapple), beetpak (captivate, capture, catch, grapple), beetneem (captivate, capture, catch, fool, grapple, hoax, mystify, take, take in, trick), beetgryp (captivate, capture, catch, grapple). (various references)

Albanian

zogjtë e klloçkës, vezët e klloçkës, tufë (batch, beam, book, bunch, cloud, Covey, crop, drove, flight, flock, funiculus, group, herd, mass, muster, parcel, plume, ream, roll, run, scads, slip, stack, swarm, troop, truss, tuft, tussock, wad), shtrëngoj (bind, brace, buckle, clamp, clasp, clench, clip, coerce, compel, compress, constrict, enforce, fasten, force, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, hold, hug, jam, keep, oblige, pinch, press, restrict, screw, shake, squash, squeeze, strain, strangle, tighten, vice, wring), shtrëngim (coercion, compulsion, constriction, constringency, contraction, fastening, grasp, grip, gripe, griping, hug, jam, jamming, jaw, pinch, pressure, restraint, squeeze, strangulation), pedal i friksionit, mbërthej (brace, clasp, clench, clip, corner, do up, enchain, fasten, grip, hold, hook, hook up, make fast, nab, paw, peg, seize, snatch), kapje (apprehension, arrest, attachment, catch, catchment, clasp, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, griping, hitch, hold, holding, hook, hug, interception, jaw, prehension, purchase, recapture, seizing, snatch, uptake), kap (affect, apprehend, arrest, attack, avail oneself of, captivate, capture, catch, catch on, catch out, catch up, clasp, cop, embrace, gain, get, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, handle, have, hitch, hold, hook, intercept, nab, nail, nip, nobble, overcome, overtake, pick up, pinch, reach, rummage out, seize, snap, snatch, soak up, swoop, tackle, take, track down, unhang), grup (array, batch, body, bracket, camp, cohort, colony, confederate, coterie, crowd, gang, group, groupment, lot, parcel, party, phalanx, platoon, squad, tally, team, troop, unit), friksion (abrasion, attrition). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نشب أظافره, ‏قضيب التعشيق بالسيارة, ‏قبضة (authority, clasp, control, fist, fistful, grip, handful, hold, holding, pinch), ‏قبض على (apprehend, capture, catch, clasp, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, hold, seize upon, take hold of), ‏قبض باحكام, ‏حاول التعلق, ‏تشبث (bite, cling, hang on, hug, staple, tenacity), ‏سيطرة (ascendant, command, control, dominance, domination, empire, government, gripe, hand, hegemony, hold, mastery, overriding, predominance, predomination, prevalence, reign, restraint, rule, ruling, weight), ‏سلطان (authority, dominion, lordship, majesty, monarch, power, reign, sultan, suzerainty), ‏القابض (constriction), ‏دواسة القابض. (various references)

Bulgarian 

съединявам (aggregate, band, butt, compound, concatenate, conjoin, couple, impale, incorporate, inosculate, interlock, join, join up, knee, knit, link, marry, mate, piece, piece together, rejoin, splice, tag, tie, tie in, unite), улавяне (catch, grasp, grip, gripe, purchase), улавям (catch, catch out, detect, entrap, get, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, mesh, pick up), сграбчване (grab, grasp, snatch), сграбчвам (catch hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, hog, lay hold of, nab, nip, seize, snatch, swoop), хватка (grasp, grip, hold, lock, wrist), зъбец (cam, claw, denticle, indent, indentation, jag, merlon, prong, snap fastener, tooth, wiper), амбреаж, люпило (brood, hatch, nest, sitting), измътвам. (various references)

Chinese 

� 动器 (clutches). (various references)

Czech

chytit (capture, catch, catch fire, field, get, grasp, ignite, light, pick up, seize, take, take a fire, take fire), chvat (expedition, grip, haste, hold, hurry), uchopit (clench, get, get hold of, grasp, grip, seize, take, take up), uchopení (grip, hold, prehension, seizing), svírat, spojka (conjunction, messenger), sevření (clasp, constriction, grip, holdfast, pinch, squeeze), sevřít (clasp, clench, close, constrict, grasp, grip, gripe, hem in, lock in), pazour (toe). (various references)

Danish

kobling (connection, coupler, coupling, developing, drive, kind of drive, linkage, operation, shaft coupling, switching, switching operation, system of drive), gribe (get, grab, grasp, grip, lay hold of, pick up, seize, take). (various references)

Dutch

bemachtigen (grab, grasp, grip, seize). (various references)

Esperanto

kluĉilo, ekteni (grapple), ekkapti (grab, grasp, grip, seize). (various references)

Farsi 

محکم گرفتن (Clam, Clip, Grip, Gripe, Hug), چنگال (Claw, Clef, Fork, Grain, Nail, Paw, Pitchfork, Prong, Rake, Talon), چنگ زدن (Claw, Grab, Grasp, Harp), چنگ (Claw, Grapple, Grip, Gripe, Nail, Sackbut, Uncus), وضع دشوار (Dilemma). (various references)

Finnish

tarttua (be contagious, be infectious, be transmitted, bite, catch, catch hold of, get stuck, grab, grasp, grip, lodge, seize, snatch, stick), tarrata (grab, grasp, lay hold of, seize), kytkin (coupling, switch), iskeä kiinni johonkin (grab). (various references)

French

saisir, ponte. (various references)

Frisian

beetpakke (grab, grasp, grip, seize), beetkrije (grab, grasp, grip, seize). (various references)

German

kupplung (coupling). (various references)

Greek 

πιάνω (catch, come over, corral, grasp, grip, hold, hook, mesh, nab, nip, pick up, tackle), αρπάζω (catch, grab, grapple, grasp, gripe, nab, poach, rape, ravish, rifle, scrounge, seize, snap, snatch, spoil, tear from), αμπραγιάζ (coupling, electromagnetic coupling, friction coupling, hydraulic coupling). (various references)

Hebrew 

מצמ�" (coupling), לאחוז בחוזק�" (hang on), לחבוק (clasp, clinch, embrace, fondle), אחיז�" (anchorage, grasp, gripe, hold, holding, occupancy, seizing, support, tenure). (various references)

Hungarian

kuplung (coupling). (various references)

Indonesian

cengkeraman, pegangan (banister, catch, grip, handle, knob), menggenggam (hold), kopeling (coupling). (various references)

Italian

frizione (friction), afferrare (apprehend, catch, get, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, Nick, penetrate, seize, snap up, snatch, snatch up, tackle, take). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

クラスター分析 (class library, class magazine, class media, classmate, cluster analysis, clustering, clutch bag, clutch hitter, clutch pedal, crack, cracker, cracking, craft, craft design, craftsman, crash, crusher, crust). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

クラッチ . (various references)

Korean 

클러치 (clutches). (various references)

Manx

greimmey (adhere, adherence, adherence of person, adhesion, attach, bite, bite off, catch, fishing tackle, grab, grasp, grip, gripping, hold, jam, lock in, monopolization, nab, pin on, seize, seizing, snap, snatch, snatch away, snatching, stick, stitch, stitch up, tooth), greim (bit, bite, catch, commissure, gobbet, grab, grasp, grip, handhold, hold, monopolize, morsel, piece, snap, snatch, tack, tack needlework), glackey (adopt, adopt as report, apprehension, buckle, catch, catch out, holdfast, input, reception, seize, shoot, shot, snatch), craag (chuck), aail (of a brood). (various references)

Papiamen

koi (grab, grasp, grip, have sex, make love, screw, seize), kohe (grab, grasp, grip, have sex, make love, screw, seize). (various references)

Pig Latin

utchclay.(various references)

Portuguese

embreagem (gearing). (various references)

Romanian

strâmtoare (awkwardness, bottle-neck, constraint, extremity, fix, gorge, gullet, gut, jam, loss, narrow, narrows, necessity, scrape, sound, stew, Strait, trouble, unpleasant, want), gheare, apucare (bout, catch, grab, grapnel, grasp, grip, gripe, hold, hug, nip, pluck, prehension, purchase, seizing, seizure, snatch), apuca (apprehend, captivate, capture, catch, comprehend, experience, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, nab, nip, pull up, seize, snap, snatch, take), ţine strâns (chock, clench, hold fast). (various references)

Russian 

схватить (capture, catch, get, get hold of, grapple, gripe, nab, nail, nip, seize, snap up, snatch, tackle), сцепление (adherence, adhesion, catenation, cohesion, concatenation, coupling, friction, hookup, linkage, traction), соединять (amalgamate, associate, band, band together, coalesce, combine, compound, conjoin, connect, couple, incorporate, inosculate, interlock, join, joint, knit, link, merge, mix, piece together, reunite, span, splice, unite, yoke together), сжатие (compression, constriction, constringency, contraction, grasp, jam, nip, pinch, pressing, pressure, shrinkage, squeeze), хватка (grasp), хвататься (snatch), хватать фиксатор, выводок (aerie, aery, brood, hatch, litter, nest), власть (ascendancy, ascendency, attribution, authority, control, domination, governance, grip, gripe, hand, helm, hold, mastery, power, sway), муфта (coupling, ferrule, muff, nut, sleeve, thimble, union), зажать (gripe). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zahvat (action, grip, hug, incidence, move, operation), kvačilo (coupler, coupling), hvatati se, dočepati (grab, seize), ščepati (grab, grasp, lay hold, nab, snap, snap at, snap up, snatch, whip up). (various references)

Spanish

agarrar (catch, catch hold of, clench, get, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, griping, hold, hold tight, lay hold of, lift, nail, pack, pinch, seize, snatch up, tackle, take, take on, touch), embragar (couple, engage), coger (accept, arrest, bag, captivate, capture, catch, catch hold of, cop, develop, fetch, frig, gather, get, get hold of, go down, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, hit off, hold, hook, hunch, imbibe, land, lay hold of, lift, nab, nail, nobble, pick, pick up, pinch, pluck, seize, take, take on, take out, take up, toss, touch, treat, trip, trip up, yank off), asir (captivate, capture, catch, catch at, catch in, catch up, clench, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, seize, snatch, tackle, take, touch). (various references)

Sranan

grabu (grab, grasp, grip, seize). (various references)

Swedish

koppling (connection, coupling, gear, junction, union). (various references)

Thai

พยายามยึ�"ไว้, การยึ�" (takeover), ฉวยไว้, มือที่อยู่ในรูปกำ, จับแน่น. (various references)

Turkish

kontrol (check, clutches, control, countenance, examination, governance, helm, inspection, pilot, rein, superintendence, supervision, wire), atılma (dash, entrance, fling, plunge, pounce, rush, rush forward), debriyaj, güç (ability, arduous, arm, baffling, capability, capacity, clout, clutches, command, control, difficult, dominance, energy, force, forcefulness, hard, intensity, iron, might, pep, pith, potency, potential, power, punch, rod, sinew, spirit, stamina, steam, sting, strength, stuffing, sword, tone, tricksy, vigor, vigour, vim, vis, vitality, zing), grup (band, batch, body, bunch, category, clan, class, clump, ensemble, gang, group, party, push, series, set), kapmak (catch, dispossess, grab, grasp, imbibe, nab, poach, scoop up, seize, shut, shut in, snap up, snatch, snatch up, swoop up, twitch, whip, whip away, whip from), kapmaya çalışma, ambreyaj, kavramak (absorb, apperceive, appreciate, apprehend, bite, catch, catch on, clasp, clench, clip, come home, compass, comprehend, conceive, cup, dawn on, digest, discern, fathom, get, get a grip, get hold of, grasp, grip, hold, latch on to, nail, perceive, pick up, realize, see into, seize, sum up, twig, understand), yapışmak (adhere, cleave, clench, clinch, cling, cohere, conglutinate, fasten on, glue, seize, stick), kuluçkadan bir defada çıkan civcivler, kuluçkaya yatırılan yumurtalar kümesi, pençe (claw, cleat, clutches, Fang, paw, pounce, talon, tap), tutmak (abide by, add up to, affect, Bate, be, bespeak, bind, book, catch, charter, check, choke, choke back, choke down, choke off, claw hold of, clench, cog, cohere, come to, confine, constrain, contain, cost, cramp, engage, Favor, favour, figure out at, fish, gather, get hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, guard, hang onto, hire, hire on, hold, hold back, hold in, hold on, hold on to, hold up, inhibit, intercept, keep, keep back, keep down, keep in, keep to, occupy, play, play on, play upon, possess, redeem, remand, reserve, restrain, retain, save, seize, seize on, stanchion, stick, stick to, stifle, strangle, support, take, take up, tot up, total, uphold, withhold, work out at), yakalama (catch, interception, seizure, snatch), yakalamak (account, bag, catch, catch hold of, catch up on, claw hold of, collar, cop, embrace, entrap, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, hook, intercept, nab, nail, nobble, overtake, pinch, pull up to, seize, seize on, snap up, snatch, tackle, take, take up, trap), yakalamaya çalışmak, kavrama (apperception, apprehension, bite, chuck, cinch, clasp, claw, cognation, cognizance, comprehension, conception, digestion, engaging, fathom, grasp, grip, gripping, insight, penetration, perception, prehension, seizing, understanding, uptake). (various references)

Turkmen 

gysym (handful). (various references)

Ukrainian

схоплювати (grasp), стиск (pressing), ухопитися (pounce, seize on, seize upon, snap, snatch), хватка (grasp, grip, hug, snap), кігті, гніздо з яйцями, висиджувати (disclose, hatch, incubate), муфта (collar, muff, nut, sleeve, socket, thimble), зчеплення (adherence, adhesion, catenation, coherence, concatenation, coupling, friction, hookup, linkage, linking), затискувати (clamp, clip), затиск (gripe), лещата (clamp, nip), лапи. (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự chộp lấy sự nắm chặt, khớp ly hợp, ổ trứng ấp ổ g� con sự giật lấy. (various references)

Welsh

crafanc (claw, talon), bachell (corner, nook, snare). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "clutch": clutched, clutches, clutching, clutchy. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Clutch" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: clatch, Clintoch, Cloch, clooch, clotch, cloutch, cluch, cluth, Clutha, Clyth, coutch, Csutcb, culch, cutach. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: cultch.

-1 letter: culch, cutch.

-2 letters: cult.

-3 letters: cut, hut.

-4 letters: uh, ut.

+1 letter: claucht, clutchy.

+2 letters: clutched, clutches, cultches.

+3 letters: clutching, ultrachic.

+5 letters: anacoluthic, autarchical, breechclout, churchliest, shuttlecock, uncatchable, untechnical.