All clutch synonyms
clutch
C c verb clutch
- grab β to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.
- grip β the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- snatch β to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- clench β When you clench your fist or your fist clenches, you curl your fingers up tightly, usually because you are very angry.
- grasp β to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
- fasten β to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- clasp β If you clasp someone or something, you hold them tightly in your hands or arms.
- nab β to arrest or capture.
- seize β to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- harbor β a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- clinch β If you clinch something you are trying to achieve, such as a business deal or victory in a contest, you succeed in obtaining it.
- keep β to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- nail β a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- hook β a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
- grapple β to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
- take β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- cherish β If you cherish something such as a hope or a pleasant memory, you keep it in your mind for a long period of time.
- catch β If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
- snag β a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- hold β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- collar β The collar of a shirt or coat is the part which fits round the neck and is usually folded over.
- glom β to steal.
- hang on β the way in which a thing hangs.
- harbour β a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
noun clutch
- clamp β A clamp is a device that holds two things firmly together.
- connexion β the act or state of connecting.
- connection β A connection is a relationship between two things, people, or groups.
- coupling β A coupling is a device which is used to join two vehicles or pieces of equipment together.
- gripe β Informal. to complain naggingly or constantly; grumble.
- link β a torch, especially of tow and pitch.