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clutch

verb

  1. =  hold, grip, embrace, grasp, cling to, clasp • She was clutching a photograph in her hand.
  2. =  seize, catch, grab, grasp, snatch • I staggered and had to clutch at a chair for support.

noun

  1. =  group, crowd, bunch, cluster, pack, load, bevy • He was surrounded by a clutch of pretty girls.

plural noun

  1. =  power, hands, control, grip, possession, grasp, custody, sway, keeping, claws • He escaped his captors' clutches by jumping from a moving vehicle.

'clutch' in Other Languages

  • British English: clutchPronunciation for clutch If you are in another person's clutches, that person has control over you.Tony fell into the clutches of an evil gang.klʌtʃ NOUN
  • Arabic: قَبْضPronunciation for قَبْض
  • Brazilian Portuguese: garrasPronunciation for garras
  • Chinese: 陷入某人的控制中Pronunciation for 陷入某人的控制中
  • Croatian: u tuđoj vlastiPronunciation for u tuđoj vlasti
  • Czech: sevřeníPronunciation for sevření
  • Danish: grebPronunciation for greb
  • Dutch: greepPronunciation for greep
  • European Spanish: garrasPronunciation for garras
  • Finnish: kytkinPronunciation for kytkin
  • French: embrayagePronunciation for embrayage
  • German: KupplungPronunciation for Kupplung
  • Greek: συμπλέκτηςPronunciation for συμπλέκτης
  • Italian: grinfiaPronunciation for grinfia
  • Japanese: クラッチPronunciation for クラッチ
  • Korean: 클러치Pronunciation for 클러치
  • Norwegian: kløtsjPronunciation for kløtsj
  • Polish: sprzęgłoPronunciation for sprzęgło
  • Portuguese: embraiagemPronunciation for embraiagem
  • Romanian: gheară gheareîn ghearele cuiva
  • Russian: власть внешних обстоятельствPronunciation for власть внешних обстоятельств
  • Spanish: embraguePronunciation for embrague
  • Swedish: kopplingPronunciation for koppling
  • Thai: การควบคุมPronunciation for การควบคุม
  • Turkish: debriyajPronunciation for debriyaj
  • Ukrainian: лабети
  • Vietnamese: vòng kiểm soátPronunciation for vòng kiểm soát
  • British English: clutch If you clutch at something or clutch something, you hold it tightly, usually because you are afraid or anxious. VERBI staggered and had to clutch at a chair for support.
  • Brazilian Portuguese: agarrar
  • Chinese: 抓牢
  • European Spanish: agarrar
  • French: s'agripper
  • German: sich klammern an
  • Italian: aggrapparsi
  • Japanese: しっかりつかむ
  • Korean: 붙잡다
  • Portuguese: agarrar
  • Spanish: agarrar

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