CLUTCH, v.t. 1. To double in the fingers and pinch or compress them together; to clinch. [If n is not radical in clinch, this may be from the same root.]2. To seize, clasp or gripe with the hand; as, to clutch a dagger; to clutch prey.3. To seize, or grasp; as, to clutch the globe at a grasp.CLUTCH, n. A griping or pinching with the fingers; seizure; grasp.
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