clutch
Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situationsPerforming or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.
» He clutched his wallet in his hand.
Meaning
1 senses(Canada, US)Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.
Examples
66 sentencesHe clutched his wallet in his hand.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
ruУтопающий хватается за соломинку. — marafon
Tom was clutching something in his left hand.
Take your foot off the clutch.
ruСними ногу со сцепления. — sharptoothed
deNimm den Fuß von der Kupplung. — enteka
Tom pushed the clutch pedal down with his left foot.
deTom trat mit dem linken Fuß auf die Kupplung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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”).
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Forms
more clutch, most clutch| Comparative | more clutch Lesson |
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| Superlative | most clutch Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form