clutch

verb · noun · adjectiveA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

clutches

V_ing/Gerund

clutching

V_ed/pp

clutchedcletch

1.
(transitive)To seize, as though with claws.
to clutch power
2.
(transitive)To grip or grasp tightly.
She clutched her purse tightly and walked nervously into the building.
Đồng nghĩa: clasp, grasp, grip, beclasp, begrasp, begrip, belock, clasp, clench, clinch, cling, clutch, enclasp, fang, fondle, glaum, grab, grabble, grasp, grip, hang on, hold on, hold tight, hold, nab, nim, seize, stranglehold, take
3.
(video games) To win despite being the only remaining player on one's team, against several opponents.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:clutch.
4.
(broadly)(video games, by extension) To unexpectedly or luckily succeed in a difficult activity.
5.
(collective, transitive)To hatch.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

clutchescletchclitchcleachcleakcleekcleikclickclouch

1.
The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
2.
(broadly)(by extension) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
3.
(automotive) A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.
4.
(automotive) The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.
5.
Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
6.
(clothing) A fastener that attaches to the back of a tack pin to secure an accessory to clothing. (See Clutch (pin fastener).)
7.
A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
Đồng nghĩa: clutch bag
8.
(US)An important or critical situation.
to come in clutch
9.
A difficult maneuver.
10.
(collective)A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs; a sitting.
Đồng nghĩa: setting, sitting
11.
(collective)A group or bunch (of people or things).

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more clutchmost clutchcletchclitchcleach

Superlative

cleakcleekcleikclickclouch

1.
(Canada, US)Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

clasp grasp gripbeclaspbegraspbegripbelock clench clinch clingenclaspfang fondle glaum grab grabblehang onhold onhold tighthold

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English clucchen, clicchen, cluchen, clechen, cleken, from Old English clyċċan (to clutch, clench), from *klukkjan, from Proto-Germanic *klukjaną, from Proto-Germanic *klu- (to ball up, conglomerate, amass), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (to ball up; lump, mass). Cognate with klyka. The noun is from Middle English cleche, cloche, cloke ("claw, talon, hand";