Meaning

(transitive) To seize, as though with claws..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To seize, as though with claws.
2. (transitive) To grip or grasp tightly.
3. (video games) To win despite being the only remaining player on one's team, against several opponents.
4. (video games, by extension) To unexpectedly or luckily succeed in a difficult activity.
5. The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
6. (by extension) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
7. (automotive) A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.
8. (automotive) The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.

Example Sentences

to clutch power

A man may set the poles together in his head, and clutch the whole globe at one intellectual grasp.

Is this a Dagger, which I ſee before me, [...] ? / Come, let me clutch thee: / I haue thee not, and yet I ſee thee ſtill.

She clutched her purse tightly and walked nervously into the building.

Not that I haue the power to clutch my hand,

For quotations using this term, see Citations:clutch.

I muſt have great leiſure, and little care of my ſelf, if I ever more come near the Clutches of ſuch a Giant, who ſeems to write with a Beetle inſtead of a Pen; […]

Should when he pleaſes, and on whom he will / Wage war, with any or with no pretence / Of provocation, giv'n or wrong ſuſtained, / And force the beggarly laſt doit, by means / That his own humour dictates, from the clutch / Of poverty, that thus he may procure / His thouſands weary of penurious life / A ſplendid opportunity to die?

Word Forms

• clutches
• clutching
• clutched
• cletch
• clitch
• cleach
• cleak
• cleek
• cleik
• click
• clouch
• more clutch
• most clutch

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When Should You Use Clutch?

Use clutch when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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