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clutch English

Meaning clutch meaning

What does clutch mean?
Definitions in simple English

clutch Noun

— The clutch is the device in a car that changes gear. The clutch pedal is controlled with the left foot in manual cars.

clutch Verb

— If you clutch something, you hold it in your hand very tightly.

clutch

— verb (= seize) take hold of; grab The sales clerk 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 — noun (= clasp, grasp, grip, hold) 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 — noun a tense critical situation he is a good man in the clutch — verb hold firmly, usually with one's hands She clutched my arm when she got scared — noun a number of birds hatched at the same time — noun a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism this year's model has an improved clutch — noun a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other — noun (= clutch bag) a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand — noun (= batch) a collection of things or persons to be handled together — verb (= seize) affect Fear seized the prisoners The patient was seized with unbearable pains He was seized with a dreadful disease

Synonyms clutch synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as clutch?

clutch English » English

grasp seize grip grab hold claw catch clasp snatch grapple clutches cling clench capture take prehend pinch nab coupling cling to clamp brood press litter hold tight group grasp tightly get hold of clutch bag batch stick squeeze set score nip hold close handbag gripe gathering coupler constrictor confiscate clutch pedal clinch bunch body battery band welter turd

Topics clutch topics

What do people use clutch to talk about?
Universe, creation Animal Animal life cycle

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Universe, creation Animal

Animal group

Conjugation clutch conjugation

How do you conjugate clutch?

clutch · verb

Examples clutch examples

How do I use clutch in a sentence?

Simple sentences

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
He'll clutch at any straw.
The car stalled because you didn't step on the clutch.
The truck had a clutch failure.
He slowly let the clutch out and drove off.
The clutch isn't working right.
Tom pushed the clutch pedal down with his left foot.
Tom released the clutch too fast and stalled the engine.
Take your foot off the clutch.
I broke the clutch.
Put it in first and slowly let off the clutch while giving it a little gas.

Movie subtitles

I recommend you dip your clutch.
Shove in your clutch.
I'm in a clutch at the moment, Mr Marriott.
Come, let me clutch thee.
Sometimes as we watched, she; d clutch my arm or my hand, forgetting she was my employer, just becoming a fan, excited about that actress up there on the screen.
Crazy got his clutch overhauled.
I can use my peg leg on the clutch and the hand throttle.
Fats knew the game was in the clutch, so he had to do something to stop you.
Old people clutch at the past and won't accept the new.
But age, with his stealing steps, has clawed me in his clutch, and has shipt me intil the land, as if I had never been such.
Gomez, you're riding the clutch again.
Use the clutch!
The clutch is frozen.
And when I get it going fast to let his clutch out.
When it's fast, let your clutch out.
Sometimes as we watched, she'd clutch my arm or my hand, forgetting she was my employer.
Is your foot on the clutch?
I think we lose time give the clutch.
I think we lose time give the clutch. If he drinks whole.
You know, Pop, I think when you shift, you ought to use the clutch.
Here's the clutch.
Sounds to me like a cracked cylinder head or. Or a broken clutch plate.
I'm in a clutch at the moment.
He'll come to them at night like a terrible clutch at their soul.
Friction clutch?
Here's a clutch plate.
Shape the clutch ears, 20 to 15.
I'm pushing, step on the clutch goddammit - Sorry Sister.
A man will clutch at any straw to save his skin.
A clutch.
A clutch, captain.
Four on the floor, double clutch, compound low, four-wheel drive and a hydraulic shovel.
Come let me clutch thee.

News and current affairs

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