clutch

English

Etymology

From Middle English clucchen variant of clicchen from Old English clyccan.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ʌtʃ

Noun

clutch (plural clutches)

1. A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used between engine and gearbox in a car.
2. The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission.
3. A hand or claw, when it is grasping something firmly.
4. A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
   • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4

     The clutch which I had made to save myself in falling had torn away this chin-band and let the lower jaw drop on the breast; but little else was disturbed, and there was Colonel John Mohune resting as he had been laid out a century ago.

5. A group or bunch, especially of eggs or baby birds.
6. An important or critical situation.

See also

• Clutch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Translations

A device to interrupt power transmission

Bulgarian: съединител (bg) m., амбриаж (bg) m. Catalan: embragatge (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 離合器, simpl. 离合器 (líhéqì) Danish: kobling (da) c. Dutch: koppeling (nl), klauw (nl) f. Esperanto: kuplado, kluĉado, kluĉilo French: embrayage (fr) German: Kupplung (de) f. Greek: συμπλέκτης (el) (sympléktis) m. Hungarian: tengelykapcsoló, kuplung Icelandic: kúpling (is) Irish: ál (ga) Italian: frizione (it)

Macedonian: квачило (mk) (kváčilo) n., спојка (mk) (spójka) f., куплунг (mk) (kúplung) m. Norwegian: clutch (no) m., kløtsj (no) m., kobling (no) m. Polish: sprzęgło (pl) n. Portuguese: embraiagem (pt), embreagem (pt) f. Romanian: ambreiaj (ro) n. Russian: сцепление (ru) n. Serbo-Croatian: kvačilo (sh), spojka (sh), kuplung (sh) Spanish: cloch m. (Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua), cloche (Caribbean Islands, Colombian Atlantic Coast, Venezuela), clutch (Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru - pronounced 'cloch') m., croche m. (Venezuela), embrague m. (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Spain, Uruguay) Swedish: koppling (sv) Welsh: cydiwr (cy)

The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission

Bulgarian: съединител (bg) m., амбриаж (bg) m. Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 離合器踏板, simpl. 离合器踏板 (líhéqìtàbǎn) Danish: kobling (da) c., koblingspedal (da) c. Dutch: ontkoppelingspedaal m. Esperanto: kluĉpedalo French: pédale d'embrayage German: Kupplungspedal (de) Greek: συμπλέκτης (el) (sympléktis) m. Hungarian: tengelykapcsoló-pedál, kuplungpedál, kuplung (hu) Icelandic: kúpling (is) f.

Macedonian: квачило (mk) (kváčilo) n., спојка (mk) (spójka) f., куплунг (mk) (kúplung) m. Norwegian: clutchpedal (no) m., kløtsjpedal (no) m., koblingspedal (no) m. Polish: sprzęgło n., pedał sprzęgła m. Portuguese: embraiagem (pt) f. Russian: педаль сцепления Serbo-Croatian: kvačilo (sh), spojka (sh), kuplung (sh) Spanish: cloch m. (Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua), cloche (Caribbean Islands, Colombian Atlantic Coast, Venezuela), clutch (Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru - pronounced 'cloch') m., croche m. (Venezuela), embrague m. (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Spain, Uruguay) Swedish: kopplingspedal (sv)

A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle

Portuguese: bolsa carteira (pt)

A group or bunch, especially of eggs or baby birds

Bulgarian: люпило (bg) n. French: nichée (fr) f., couvée (fr) f.

Greek: άδραγμα (el) (ádragma) n., άρπαγμα (el) (árpagma) n.

Verb

clutch (third-person singular simple present clutches, present participle clutching, simple past and past participle clutched)

1. To grip or grasp tightly.

   She clutched her purse tightly and walked nervously into the building.

Translations

to grip or grasp tightly

Armenian: կառչել (hy) (kaṙčel) Bulgarian: сграбчвам, вкопчвам се

French: agripper (fr), serrer (fr) Serbo-Croatian: zakačiti (sh)

Adjective

clutch (comparative more clutch, superlative most clutch)

1. (US) Tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.

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Norwegian

Alternative forms

• kløtsj

Etymology

From English clutch.

Noun

clutch m.

1. clutch (device between engine and gearbox)

Inflection

    Inflection of clutch

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	clutch	clutchen	clutcher	clutchene
Nynorsk m	clutch	clutchen	clutchar	clutchane

Synonyms

• kobling (Bokmål)
• kopling

References

• “clutch” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.