Clutch

noun

kləʧ

Noun

a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism
“he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other”
Type of:PedalTreadle
a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism
“this year's model has an improved clutch”
Type of:CouplingCoupler
a tense critical situation
“he is a good man in the clutch”
a collection of things or persons to be handled together
Similar:Batch
Type of:CollectionAssemblageAccumulation
the act of grasping
Similar:Clasp ClenchClutchesGrasp Grip
Type of:SeizingPrehensionGrasping
a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand
Type of:PocketbookBagHandbag
a number of birds hatched at the same time
Type of:Brood

hold firmly, usually with one's hands
“She clutched my arm when she got scared”
Type of:Hold
take hold of; grab
“She clutched her purse”
Similar:PrehendSeize
Type of:Take
affect
Similar:Seize
Type of:OverwhelmOverpowerWhelm