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clutch

/kləʧ/

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noun
a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism
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"he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other"

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clutch pedal

type of:
pedal foot lever foot pedal treadle
noun
a collection of things or persons to be handled together
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batch

type of:
collection assemblage accumulation aggregation
verb
hold firmly, usually with one's hands
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"She clutched my arm when she got scared"

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cling to hold close hold tight

type of:
take hold hold
verb
take hold of; grab
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"She clutched her purse"

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prehend seize

type of:
take get hold of
verb
affect
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get hold of seize

type of:
overwhelm sweep over overpower whelm overtake overcome
noun
the act of grasping
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clasp clench clutches grasp grip hold

type of:
taking hold seizing prehension grasping
noun
a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand
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clutch bag

type of:
pocketbook bag handbag purse
noun
a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism
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"this year's model has an improved clutch"

type of:
coupling coupler

part of:
transmission system transmission
noun
a number of birds hatched at the same time
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type of:
brood
noun
a tense critical situation
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"he is a good man in the clutch"

type of:
temporary state

Examples of clutch

"he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other"
"She clutched my arm when she got scared"
"She clutched her purse"
"this year's model has an improved clutch"
"he is a good man in the clutch"