1. • noun - the act of grasping
   • noun - a tense critical situation
   • noun - a number of birds hatched at the same time
   • noun - a collection of things or persons to be handled together
   • noun - a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand
   • noun - a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism
   • noun - a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism
   • verb - take hold of
   • verb - hold firmly, usually with one's hands
   • verb - affect
2. • To grasp and hold tightly.
   • To seize; snatch.
   • To attempt to grasp or seize: clutch at a life raft.
   • To engage or disengage a motor vehicle’s clutch.
   • A hand, claw, talon, or paw in the act of grasping.
   • A tight grasp.
   • Often clutches.
   • A device for gripping and holding.
   • Any of various devices for engaging and disengaging two working parts of a shaft or of a shaft and a driving mechanism.
   • The apparatus, such as a lever or pedal, that activates one of these devices.
   • A tense, critical situation: came through in the clutch.
   • A clutch bag.
   • Being or occurring in a tense or critical situation: won the championship by sinking a clutch putt.
   • Tending to be successful in tense or critical situations: The coach relied on her clutch pitcher.
   • The complete set of eggs produced or incubated at one time.
   • A brood of chickens.
   • A group; a bunch.
3. • v - to grasp and hold tightly

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