Word a Day
clutch
What does clutch mean?
clutch (verb): to grip or grasp tightly.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use clutch in a sentence?
- She clutched her purse tightly and walked nervously into the building. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce clutch?
/klʌtʃ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does clutch come from?
From Middle English clucchen, clicchen, cluchen, clechen, cleken, from Old English clyċċan (“to clutch, clench”), from Proto-West Germanic *klukkjan, from Proto-Germanic *klukjaną.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Test yourself: do you know “clutch”?
Tap an answer to check it. The same questions the app asks.
What does “clutch” mean?
to acquire possession of
Not quite: that's what gain means.
be of different opinions
Not quite: that's what disagree means.
to grip or grasp tightly
Right! That's what “clutch” means.
to think about seriously
Not quite: that's what consider means.
Learn a word like “clutch” every day
Word a Day for iPhone quizzes you on a few new words a day and brings each one back for review at growing intervals. Free, no account, no ads.
Coming soon to the App Store