Definitions for clutches

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Spelling: [kluhch]

IPA: /klʌtʃ/

Clutches is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 191 anagrams from letters in clutches (ccehlstu).

Definitions for clutches

noun

1. the hand, claw, etc., when grasping.
2. Usually, clutches. power of disposal or control; mastery:
3. the act of clutching; a snatch or grasp.
4. a tight grip or hold.
5. a device for gripping something.
6. Automotive, Machinery. a mechanism for readily engaging or disengaging a shaft with or from another shaft or rotating part. Compare coupling (def 2a). a control, as a pedal, for operating this mechanism.
7. Sports. an extremely important or crucial moment of a game:
8. any critical position or situation; emergency:
9. Also called clutch bag, clutch purse. a woman's small purse that can be carried in the hand and usually has no handle or strap.
10. a hatch of eggs; the number of eggs produced or incubated at one time.
11. a brood of chickens.
12. a number of similar individuals:

adjective

1. done or accomplished in a critical situation:
2. dependable in crucial situations:
3. (of a coat) without fasteners; held closed in front by one's hand or arm.

verb (used with object)

1. to seize with or as with the hands or claws; snatch:
2. to grip or hold tightly or firmly:
3. Slang. to spellbind; grip a person's emotions, attention, or interest:
4. to hatch (chickens).

verb (used without object)

1. to try to seize or grasp (usually followed by at):
2. Slang. to become tense with fright; panic (sometimes followed by up):
3. to operate the clutch in a vehicle.

Origin of clutches

1175-1225; Middle English clucchen, variant of clicchen, Old English clyccan to clench

Examples for clutches

For the hand he held was shaking like some slender-stalked lily in the clutch of the sirocco.

The old hands stretched out as if to clutch hers--then fell inert.

There was a clutch on her throat just then, which would not relax at the call of her will.

The most easy to understand is the clutch, a model of which I have on the table.

The Kentucky freshman sunk his third game-winning three-pointer in a row, launching fresh claims about his ‘clutch gene.’

Plenty of us women were enjoying the same behavior (clutch your pearls); it was fun.

I've always loved when girls carry their wallets as a clutch instead of a bag.

Who knew that a competition where you clutch the hand of another man and lock eyes across a table could be this damn gay.

She wore black suede Jimmy Choos on her feet and carried a crimson Alexander McQueen clutch bag with a large bow on one side.

"Brake foot, clutch foot," said Johnny, and closed his eyes again.