clutch
/ˈklʌt͡ʃ/ verb C1- To seize, as though with claws. · to clutch power
- To grip or grasp tightly. · She clutched her purse tightly and walked nervously into the building.
- To win despite being the only remaining player on one's team, against several opponents. · For quotations using this term, see Citations:clutch.
- To unexpectedly or luckily succeed in a difficult activity.
He/she/it clutches · Past clutched · Past participle clutched · -ing form clutching
Verb forms
- Base form
- clutch
- He/she/it
- clutches
- Past
- clutched
- Past participle
- clutched
- -ing form
- clutching
From the library
He still clutched fluttering papers with both hands and the pen was above his ear.
“Not go to the picnic!” Anne sprang to her feet and clutched Marilla’s hand.
The Lion, seeing that the Ass was secured, immediately clutched the Fox, and attacked the Ass at his leisure.
Be that as it might, I seemed to see that woman’s figure still clutching at her treasure trove and flying wildly up the winding stair, with her ears ringing perhaps with the muffled screams from behind her and with the drumming of frenzied hands against the slab of stone which was choking her faithless lover’s life out.
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