See Also: clutch bag(dictionary)
clutch(encyclopedia)
clutch(dictionary)
clutch(2)(dictionary)
clutch(1)(dictionary)
clutch 1, verb(dictionary)
clutch 2, noun(dictionary)
Clutch - Baseball(gambling)
Clutch can - Motor Sports(gambling)
Clutch Hitter - Baseball(gambling)

clutch(1) (iou)



clutch noun1. , clooch, & other vars. ME.
[Origin unkn.: mod. form from CLUTCH verb. The relationship of the various early forms is obscure.]
I.
A claw; contempt. a hand. Usu. in pl. Now chiefly Scot. in gen. sense. ME.
spec. A hand as an instrument of rapacity or cruelty, a grasping hand. Usu. in pl., & in in a person's clutches, into a person's clutches, out of a person's clutches, etc. (passing into sense 3). E16.
Shakespeare Hamlet But age..hath caught me in his clutch. Steele [He] escapes the Clutches of the Hangman.
a. Tight hold or grip; relentless control. L18.
F. Marryat I can't hold on ten seconds more...my clutch is going now.
b. An act of grasping at. M19.
II. clutch only.
Mechanics. An arrangement for connecting or disconnecting working parts. E19.
b. In a motor vehicle: a device for connecting the engine to the transmission; the pedal operating this. L19.
ride the clutch: see RIDE verb. slip in the clutch, slip the clutch: see SLIP verb1.