Verb
/kləCH/,
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clutched, past tense; clutched, past participle; clutches, 3rd person singular present; clutching, present participle;
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Grasp or seize (something) tightly or eagerly
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he stood clutching a microphone
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Mrs. Longhill clutched at the idea
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Become nervous and panicked
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doctors could clutch up and lose control as easily as anyone
Web Definitions:
- (Clutching) Taking the quarry in the feet as the short-winged hawks do. Falcons occasionally “clutch.”
- means to have held something tightly. What's the word?