Scrabble?! CLUTCH

Definitions of CLUTCH in various dictionaries:

noun - the act of grasping

noun - a tense critical situation

noun - a number of birds hatched at the same time

noun - a collection of things or persons to be handled together

noun - a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand

noun - a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism

noun - a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism

verb - take hold of

verb - hold firmly, usually with one's hands

verb - affect

To grasp and hold tightly.

To seize; snatch.

To attempt to grasp or seize: clutch at a life raft.

To engage or disengage a motor vehicle’s clutch.

A hand, claw, talon, or paw in the act of grasping.

A tight grasp.

Often clutches.

A device for gripping and holding.

Any of various devices for engaging and disengaging two working parts of a shaft or of a shaft and a driving mechanism.

The apparatus, such as a lever or pedal, that activates one of these devices.

A tense, critical situation: came through in the clutch.

A clutch bag.

Being or occurring in a tense or critical situation: won the championship by sinking a clutch putt.

Tending to be successful in tense or critical situations: The coach relied on her clutch pitcher.

The complete set of eggs produced or incubated at one time.

A brood of chickens.

A group; a bunch.

verb - to grasp and hold tightly