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   Clutch

   /kləCH/

   

   verb

   • 1. grasp or seize (something) tightly or eagerly: "he stood clutching a microphone"
   • ▪ become nervous and panicked: "doctors could clutch up and lose control as easily as anyone"

   noun

   • 1. a tight grasp or an act of grasping something: "she made a clutch at his body"
   • ▪ a person's power or control, especially when perceived as cruel or inescapable: "she escaped the clutches of her temperamental family"
   • 2. a mechanism for connecting and disconnecting a vehicle engine from its transmission system: "she let the clutch in and the car surged forward"
   • ▪ the pedal operating a vehicle's clutch.
   • 3. a slim, flat handbag without handles or a strap. North American

   adjective

   • 1. (in sport) denoting or occurring in a critical situation in which the outcome of a game or competition is at stake: informal US "they both are hard-nosed players who seem to thrive in clutch situations"
   • ▪ (of a player or action) achieving or characterized by success at a critical moment in a game or competition: informal US "a clutch quarterback"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘bend, crook’): variant of obsolete clitch ‘close the hand’, from Old English clyccan ‘crook, clench’, of Germanic origin.

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   What is the meaning of clutch?

   • To grasp; to clutch; to pinch up. gather up in a lump by grasping. clutch tightly. clutch his queue. clutched him on his chest. clutched him tightly and would not let go. nabbed him so as to make the blood start out. To implore, to seek, to aim at. sadly beg. earnestly beseech. nothing should be too peremptorily demanded. pray for rain.

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   What does it mean to go “clutch”?

   • To go “clutch” is to, in a small frame of time, against overwhelming odds, where defeat was all but guaranteed, turn the tide of the game to victory. So say you’re playing a squad match and you’re the last on your team, and then manage to win the round by the skin of your teeth. that’s clutching it.

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   What is a clutch in sports?

   • (Time = 1:43) 'clutch' is a catchall term used in sports for overcoming some kind of adversity or high pressure situation and coming out on top, usually through precision or high skill.

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   May 1, 2024 · Clutch System Basics and Operation. by Torque Staff. A Jeep's clutch system is an oft-forgotten part of a manual transmission. It is the mechanical device that transfers all power from the engine into the transmission of a vehicle, and without a properly operating system, power transfer and gear shifting would be very difficult.

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   4 days ago · /ˌfrɪkʃən klətʃ/ IPA guide. Definitions of friction clutch. noun. a clutch in which one part turns the other by the friction between them. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Friction clutch." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/friction clutch. Accessed 26 Feb. 2024. Copy citation.

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   May 10, 2024 · noun. a friction clutch that will slip when the torque is too great. synonyms: slip friction clutch. see more.

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   Apr 25, 2024 · Curry led the league in clutch scoring — defined as points in the last 5 minutes of fourth quarters or in overtime, with the score differential in the game being five points or less — with 189, seven more than DeRozan.

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   May 2, 2024 · noun. : a system in a vehicle that changes gears at different speeds without direct control by the driver. I can't drive her car because it has a manual transmission instead of an automatic transmission. Examples of automatic transmission in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web The engine is linked to a new eight-speed automatic transmission.

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    1 day ago · Taylor’s split of the 4x100 was 10.25 seconds. Arkansas’ addition of Taylor now brings them to 13 scholarship wide receivers. He is the fifth player added to the position group this offseason ...