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clutch1
verb (clutches , clutched , clutching )
1 to grasp something tightly.
2 intr (usu clutch at something) to try to grasp it.
3 US in a motor vehicle: to press the clutch pedal.
noun (clutches )
1 (usu clutches) control or power.
2 any device for connecting and disconnecting two rotating shafts, especially the device in a motor vehicle that transmits or prevents the transmission of the driving force from engine to gearbox.
3 in a motor vehicle: the pedal operating this device.
4 a grasp.
[Anglo-Saxon clyccan ]
clutch or grasp at straws to try anything, however unlikely, in one's desperation.
clutch2
noun (clutches )
1 a number of eggs laid in a single nest or at the same time.
2 a brood of newly hatched birds, especially chickens.
3 colloq a group or number.
verb (clutches , clutched , clutching ) to hatch.
[18c: from Norse klekja to hatch]
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