Definitions | clutch |
| noun
- A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used between engine and gearbox in a car.
- The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission.
- A hand or claw, when it is grasping something firmly.
- A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
- A group or bunch, especially of eggs or baby birds.
- An important or critical situation.
Translations: - French: pédale d'embrayage
- German: Kupplungspedal
- Spanish: cloch (italbrac, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua), cloche (italbrac, Caribbean Islands, Colombian Atlantic Coast, Venezuela), clutch (italbrac, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru - pronounced 'cloch') , croche (italbrac, Venezuela), embrague (italbrac, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Spain, Uruguay)
verb (clutch, es)
- To grip or grasp tightly.
- She clutched her purse tightly and walked nervously into the building.
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