clutch
The claw of a predatory animal or birdThe claw of a predatory animal or bird.
» He clutched his wallet in his hand.
Meaning
11 sensesThe claw of a predatory animal or bird.
(broadly)A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.
Kupplung
сцепле́ниеsceplénije, му́фтаmúfta
The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.
Kupplungspedal
педа́ль сцепле́нияpedálʹ sceplénija
педа́ль зче́пленняpedálʹ zčéplennja
Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
A fastener that attaches to the back of a tack pin to secure an accessory to clothing. (See Clutch (pin fastener).)
A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
Clutch, Unterarmtasche, Autofahrertasche
клатчklatč, су́мка-клатчsúmka-klatč, ридикю́льridikjúlʹ
(US)An important or critical situation.
to come in clutch
переде́лкаperedélka, переплётperepljót
a tense critical situation
A difficult maneuver.
(collective)A brood of chickens or a sitting of bird, monotreme or reptile eggs; a sitting.
вы́водокvývodok
(collective)A group or bunch (of people or things).
Examples
66 sentencesHe clutched his wallet in his hand.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
ruУтопающий хватается за соломинку.
Tom was clutching something in his left hand.
Take your foot off the clutch.
ruСними ногу со сцепления.
deNimm den Fuß von der Kupplung.
Tom pushed the clutch pedal down with his left foot.
deTom trat mit dem linken Fuß auf die Kupplung.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English clucchen, clicchen, cluchen, clechen, cleken, from Old English clyċċanFrom Middle English clucchen, clicchen, cluchen, clechen, cleken, from Old English clyċċan (“to clutch, clench”), from Proto-West Germanic *klukkjan, from Proto-Germanic *klukjaną, from Proto-Germanic *klu- (“to ball up, conglomerate, amass”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to ball up; lump, mass”).
Variant form of cletch, from Middle English cleken (“to hatch”), perhaps from Old Norse klekja (“to hatch”).
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Forms
plural: clutchesSynonyms
11 synonyms- a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism:clutch pedal
- a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand:clutch bag
- a collection of things or persons to be handled together:batch
- the act of grasping:claspclenchclutchesgraspgriphold