| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Clutch.[Websters]
2. To be cogged. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have pinched or arrested. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have captured, nabbed, tackled or seized. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To be fanged. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To be worried. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have hugged or squeezed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To be knobbed, hafted or pommelled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have clawed or hooked. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To be winged or fined.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb clutch.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (clutch) | 1. Take hold of; grab; "She clutched her purse".[Wordnet]. 2. Hold firmly, usually with one's hands; "She clutched my arm when she got scared".[Wordnet]. 3. Affect.[Wordnet]. 4. Affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unberable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease".[Wordnet]. 5. To reach (at something) as if to grasp; to catch or snatch; -- often followed by at.[Websters]. 6. To seize, clasp, or gripe with the hand, hands, or claws; -- often figuratively; as, to clutch power.[Websters]. 7. To close tightly; to clinch.[Websters]. 8. Base verb from the following inflections: clutching, clutched, clutches, clutcher, clutchers, clutchingly and clutchedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being cogged.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being fanged. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being neurotic. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being anxious or worried. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being tense or unrelaxed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being paneled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being cramped. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being knobbed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being jointed or conjugated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Being pronged or toothed.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "CLUTCHED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
Specialty Definition: clutch
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Verb] To double in the fingers and pinch or compress them together; to clinch. [If n is not radical in clinch, this may be from the same root.]. | 2: [Verb] To seize, clasp or gripe with the hand; as, to clutch a dagger; to clutch prey.. | 3: [Verb] To seize, or grasp; as, to clutch the globe at a grasp.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Business | That part of the profile cylinder which transfers rotational motion from the inside or outside element to a common cam or actuator. (references) | ||
| Mechanical Engineering | To operate a clutch so as to interlock its two members and thus start motion. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Water | The number of eggs laid at any one time. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] (US) Tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations. (references) | 2: [Noun] A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used between engine and gearbox in a car. (references) | 3: [Noun] A group or bunch, especially of eggs or baby birds. (references) | 4: [Noun] A hand or claw, when it is grasping something firmly. (references) | 5: [Noun] A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle. (references) | 6: [Noun] An important or critical situation. (references) | 7: [Noun] The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission. (references) | 8: [Verb] To grip or grasp tightly. She clutched her purse tightly and walked nervously into the building. (references) |
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Common Expressions: clutch
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Bayonet clutch | See Clutch . Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Clutch (album) | Clutch is the second full-length album by rock band Clutch. It was released in 1995 (see 1995 in music), and contains 13 songs. (references) | ||
| Clutch (band) | Clutch is a musical group from Germantown, Maryland in the United States. They have been playing together since the early 1990s, producing records at a rate of approximately one per year. (references) | ||
| Clutch bag | A woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Clutch Cargo | Clutch Cargo was an animated television series produced by Cambria Productions and syndicated beginning in March 1959. Because of budgetary limitations and the pressure to create television animation within a tight time frame, the show was the first to use the "Syncro-Vox" optical printing system. Syncro-Vox was invented by television cameraman Edwin Gillette (d. September 30, 2003 at age ninety four) as a means of superimposing real human mouths on the faces of animals for the popular "talking animal" commercials of the 1950's. (references) | ||
| Clutch hitter | A Clutch Hitter is a baseball player with a knack for coming up with the 'big' hit. The big hit is typically a game-deciding hit, often a home run, often coming with two outs. Being a clutch hitter is a position of high honor and responsibility, as the clutch hitter is recognized as the go to guy for the team and his clutch at bats are celebrated by fans and players alike. (references) | ||
| Clutch pedal | A pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Cone clutch | A friction clutch in which the frictional surfaces are cone-shaped. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Cone friction clutch | A friction clutch in which the frictional surfaces are cone-shaped. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Disk clutch | A friction clutch in which the frictional surfaces are disks. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Double clutch | A double clutch (also called a double declutch) is a driving procedure used for vehicles with an unsynchronized manual transmission. Before the introduction of synchronizers and automatic transmissions, double declutching was the only way to drive an automobile. Due to the difficulty involved in learning the technique, it has largely fallen into disuse. However, drivers of large trucks still use double clutching, as those vehicles are usually equipped with the older, more efficient, and more durable unsynchronized gearboxes. (references) | ||
| Fan clutch | Fan Clutch refers to an automatic device frequently used in automotive cooling systems. When the engine is cool or even at normal operating temperature, the fan clutch partially disengages the engine's mechanically-driven radiator cooling fan, generally located at the front of the water pump and driven by a belt and pulley connected to the engine's crankshaft. This saves power since the engine does not have to fully drive the fan. (references) | ||
| Friction clutch | A clutch in which one part turns the other by the friction between them. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Riding the clutch | In a vehicle with a manual transmission, riding the clutch refers to the practice of keeping the clutch partially disengaged when not required. This results in the clutch disc being unable to fully engage with the flywheel and causes premature wear on the disc. Sometimes used synonymously with slipping the clutch, although some degree of slipping occurs every time the driver shifts -- riding the clutch can be avoided completely. (references) | ||
| Slip clutch | A friction clutch that will slip when the torque is too great. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Slip friction clutch | A friction clutch that will slip when the torque is too great. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: CLUTCHED
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Clutched pick-off | Transportation | Sensing device that responds to angular movements, used to connect or disconnect parts while in motion. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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