Usually means: Performing well under extreme pressure.
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We found 42 dictionaries that define the word clutch:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. clutch: Merriam-Webster
  2. clutch, clutch: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. clutch, clutch: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. clutch: Collins English Dictionary
  5. clutch: Vocabulary.com
  6. Clutch, clutch: Wordnik
  7. clutch: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Clutch: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  9. clutch: Wiktionary
  10. clutch: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. clutch: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. clutch: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Clutch, clutch: Dictionary.com
  14. clutch (n.), clutch (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. clutch: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. CLUTCH (literary magazine), Clutch (Clutch album), Clutch (G.I. Joe), Clutch (Peter Hammill album), Clutch (animal), Clutch (band), Clutch (disambiguation), Clutch (eggs), Clutch (handbag), Clutch (magazine), Clutch (mascot), Clutch (pin fastener), Clutch (sports), Clutch (web series), Clutch, The Clutch: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Clutch: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. clutch: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. clutch: Rhymezone
  20. clutch: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. clutch: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. clutch: FreeDictionary.org
  23. clutch: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. clutch: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. clutch: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  26. clutch: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Clutch (handbag), clutch: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. clutch: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. clutch: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. CLUTCH: Acronym Finder
  2. clutch: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bird On! (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. clutch, clutch: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. the clutch: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Internet Karting Glossary (No longer online)

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Locksmith Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Reliance Electric motor terms (No longer online)
  4. Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing eTool (No longer online)

(Note: See clutched as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  To seize, as though with claws.
verb:  To grip or grasp tightly.
verb:  (video games) To win despite being the only remaining player on one's team, against several opponents.
verb:  (video games, by extension) To unexpectedly or luckily succeed in a difficult activity.
noun:  The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
noun:  (by extension) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
noun:  A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.
noun:  The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.
noun:  Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
noun:  A fastener that attaches to the back of a tack pin to secure an accessory to clothing. (See Clutch (pin fastener).)
noun:  A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
noun:  (US) An important or critical situation.
noun:  A difficult maneuver.
adjective:  (US, Canada) Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.
noun:  A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs; a sitting.
noun:  A group or bunch (of people or things).
verb:  (transitive) To hatch.

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