clutchy

English

Etymology

clutch +‎ -y

Adjective

clutchy (comparative more clutchy, superlative most clutchy)

1. Tending to clutch; clingy or grabby.
   • 1999, Out, volume 7, number 8, page 104:

     You're triangulated when a clutchy, cloying kissy-poo couple uses you like a decorative backdrop to their perpetual prom night, when you're just supposed to sit there like a sexless old aunt and say, "Oh, you two."

   • 2016, Molly K. Zuckerman, Debra L. Martin, New Directions in Biocultural Anthropology, page 43:

     It is unavoidable that culture and biology dance together, sometimes in a graceful and seamless tango and at other times a clutchy foxtrot, stepping on each other's toes.

Derived terms

• pearl-clutchy