clutch

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. To seize, as though with claws.
2. To grip or grasp tightly.
3. To win despite being the only remaining player on one's team, against several opponents.
4. (broadly) To unexpectedly or luckily succeed in a difficult activity.

Noun

1. The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
2. (broadly) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
3. A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.
4. The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.
5. Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
6. A fastener that attaches to the back of a tack pin to secure an accessory to clothing. (See Clutch (pin fastener).)
7. A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
8. (US) An important or critical situation.
9. A difficult maneuver.

Adj

Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.

Noun

1. (collective) A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs; a sitting.
2. (collective) A group or bunch (of people or things).

Conceptes

agafar

embragatge

captivar

capturar

caure

colpir

confiscar

copsar

encertar

endevinar

ensopegar

escaldar

grapar

percebre

apoderar-se

moneder

agafada

agarrar

agarrada

atrapar

Sinònims

grasp

seize

grip

grab

hold

catch

claw

clasp

snatch

grapple

clench

cling

clutches

capture

prehend

take

pinch

nab

brood

coupling

cling to

clamp

🗜️

hold tight

grasp tightly

clutch bag

press

litter

batch

group

get hold of

clinch

body

band

hold close

battery

🔋

coupler

set

constrictor

score

confiscate

bunch

nip

squeeze

clutch pedal

gripe

handbag

👜

gathering

stick

block

chase

Traduccions

embrayage

Kupplung

frizione

embrague

afferrare

embreagem

saisir

grijpen

coger

συμπλέκτης

agarrar

agripper

koppeling

aangrijpen

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/klʌt͡ʃ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: clucchen

Heretat de anglès antic: clyċċan

Cognat amb suec: klyka

Cognat amb escocès: cleuk

Cognat amb anglès antic: clyċċan

Cognat amb irlandès: glac

In summary

From Middle English clucchen, clicchen, cluchen, clechen, cleken, from Old English clyċċan (“to clutch, clench”), from Proto-West Germanic *klukkjan, from Proto-Germanic *klukjaną, from Proto-Germanic *klu- (“to ball up, conglomerate, amass”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to ball up; lump, mass”).
Cognate with Swedish klyka (“clamp, fork, branch”). The noun is from Middle English cleche, cloche, cloke ("claw, talon, hand"; compare Scots cleuk, cluke, cluik (“claw, talon”)), of uncertain origin, with the form probably assimilated to the verb.
Alternative etymology derives Old English clyċċan from Proto-Germanic *klēk- (“claw, hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *glēk-, *ǵlēḱ- (“claw, hand; to clutch, snatch”). If so, then cognate with Irish glac (“hand”).