Clutch

//klʌt͡ʃ//

Synonyms for "clutch" (247 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (50)

clasp batch bunch seize clutch bag abduct accelerator acquire adhere to amount array auto automobile bear hug bind bite body breaking point brood budget

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bundle carry off catch cherish chunk claim clamp cleave cleave to clench climacteric clinch cling cling to clinging

Noun(4 words)

clutch bag batch clasp clench

Verb(11 words)

hold tight seize beclasp begrasp begrip belock clasp clench clinch cling cling to

Strong matches (74)

Related words (123)

hold hold fast hold on hold on to hold tight hot water how-do-you-do hug hunk imbroglio imperativeness influence iron grip jam keep keep hold of kidnap large amount lay hold of litter

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Noun(3 words)

hold setting sitting

Verb(10 words)

hold hold close hold on nab nim prehend stranglehold take take hold take hold of

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

More general

29 entries

accumulation aggregation assemblage bag brood collection coupler coupling foot lever foot pedal get hold of grasping handbag hold overcome overpower

Showing 16 of 29 words.

Synonyms

8 entries

batch breaking point bunch clasp cling to clutch bag clutch pedal seize

derived

32 entries

a drowning man will clutch at a straw camel clutch clutch artist clutch at a straw clutch at straws clutch bag clutch disc clutch hitter clutch initiation clutch one's pearls clutch pedal clutch pencil clutch plate clutchable clutchfist

Showing 16 of 32 words.

etymologically related_to

1 entries

cletch

has context

2 entries

canada us

is a

5 entries

brood coupling pedal temporary state vehicle part

part of

3 entries

automobile car transmission

related to

25 entries

brood bunch chicken claw clutch bag clutch purse egg engine evil gearbox grasp grip group handbag handle hatch

Showing 16 of 25 words.

Translations

219 translations across 50 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

كلچ noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)

Armenian

2 entries

կցորդիչ noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
կառչել verb (to grip or grasp tightly)

Basque

4 entries

enbrage noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
enbrage noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)
eutsi verb (to grip or grasp tightly)
heldu verb (to grip or grasp tightly)

Bulgarian

4 entries

амбреа̀ж noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
амбриаж noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)
люпило noun (A group or bunch)
съединител noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)

Catalan

3 entries

embragatge noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
embragatge noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)
aferrar verb (to grip or grasp tightly)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

離合器 /离合器 noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
離合器踏板 /离合器踏板 noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)
抓住 verb (to grip or grasp tightly)
紧握 verb (to grip or grasp tightly)

Czech

2 entries

spojka noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
spojka noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)

Danish

3 entries

kobling noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
kobling noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)
koblingspedal noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)

Dutch

3 entries

klauw noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
koppeling noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
ontkoppelingspedaal noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)

Esperanto

4 entries

kluĉado noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
kluĉilo noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
kluĉilo noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)
kluĉpedalo noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)

Estonian

4 entries

hulk noun (A group or bunch)
häda noun (critical situation)
jõuk noun (A group or bunch)
kari noun (A group or bunch)

Finnish

4 entries

joukko noun (A group or bunch)
kirjekuorilaukku noun (A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle)
kytkin noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
kytkin noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)

French

4 entries

couvée noun (A group or bunch)
embrayage noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
embrayage noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)
nichée noun (A group or bunch)

Galician

2 entries

niñada noun (A group or bunch)
aferrar verb (to grip or grasp tightly)

Georgian

1 entries

ქურო noun (device to interrupt power transmission)

German

4 entries

Autofahrertasche noun (A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle)
Clutch noun (A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle)
Kupplung noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
Kupplungspedal noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)

Greek

4 entries

νεοσσιά noun (A group or bunch)
συμπλέκτης noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
συμπλέκτης noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)
αδράχνω verb (to grip or grasp tightly)

Hebrew

2 entries

מַצְמֵד noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
קְלָאץ׳ noun (device to interrupt power transmission)

Hungarian

4 entries

kuplung noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
kuplung noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)
kuplungpedál noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)
tengelykapcsoló noun (device to interrupt power transmission)

Icelandic

2 entries

kúpling noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
kúpling noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)

Indonesian

2 entries

kopling noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
pedal kopling noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)

Irish

2 entries

crág noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)
ál noun (device to interrupt power transmission)

Italian

3 entries

frizione noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
frizione noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)
avvinghiare verb (to grip or grasp tightly)

Japanese

2 entries

クラッチ noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
掴む verb (to grip or grasp tightly)

Khiamniungan Naga

2 entries

wâm verb (to grip or grasp tightly)
wāmlòuh verb (to grip or grasp tightly)

Korean

1 entries

클러치 noun (device to interrupt power transmission)

Latvian

3 entries

sajūgs noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
sajūgs noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)
uzmava noun (device to interrupt power transmission)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries

kuplowanka noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
kuplunga noun (device to interrupt power transmission)

Macedonian

4 entries

квачило noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
квачило noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)
куплунг noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
куплунг noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)

Māori

2 entries

kapokapo verb (to grip or grasp tightly)
whakakopa verb (to grip or grasp tightly)

Norwegian

3 entries

clutchpedal noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)
kløtsjpedal noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)
koblingspedal noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

clutch noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
kløtsj noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
kobling noun (device to interrupt power transmission)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

clutch noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
kløtsj noun (device to interrupt power transmission)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

پنچهلمك verb (to grip or grasp tightly)

Persian

1 entries

کلاچ noun (device to interrupt power transmission)

Polish

4 entries

grupa noun (A group or bunch)
koperta noun (A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle)
kopertówka noun (A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle)
lęg noun (A group or bunch)

Portuguese

4 entries

bolsa carteira noun (A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle)
embraiagem noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
embraiagem noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)
embreagem noun (device to interrupt power transmission)

Romagnol

2 entries

abranchêr verb (to grip or grasp tightly)
branchêr verb (to grip or grasp tightly)

Romanian

4 entries

ambreiaj noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
pedală de ambreiaj noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)
agăța verb (to grip or grasp tightly)
apuca verb (to grip or grasp tightly)

Russian

4 entries

вы́водок noun (A group or bunch)
клатч noun (A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle)
му́фта noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
педа́ль сцепле́ния noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

kuplung noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
kuplung noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)
kvačilo noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
kvačilo noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)

Spanish

4 entries

cloch noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
cloch noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)
cloche noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
cloche noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)

Swahili

2 entries

klachi noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
klachi noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)

Swedish

3 entries

koppling noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
koppling noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)
kopplingspedal noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)

Tagalog

1 entries

daklot noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)

Thai

4 entries

คลัตช์ noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
คลัตช์ noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)
กำแน่น verb (to grip or grasp tightly)
คว้า verb (to grip or grasp tightly)

Turkish

4 entries

debriyaj noun (device to interrupt power transmission)
debriyaj noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)
kapmak verb (to grip or grasp tightly)
tutmak verb (to grip or grasp tightly)

Ukrainian

3 entries

педа́ль зче́плення noun (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)
зати́снути verb (to grip or grasp tightly)
затиска́ти verb (to grip or grasp tightly)

Vietnamese

1 entries

li hợp noun (device to interrupt power transmission)

Welsh

1 entries

cydiwr noun (device to interrupt power transmission)

Sample sentences

32 total sentences available.

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Drowning men clutch at straws.

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He'll clutch at any straw.

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Repeatedly slamming the clutch pedal, I somehow managed to get the clutch disengaged so I could just about drive for the time being.

Source: tatoeba (326938)

The car stalled because you didn't step on the clutch.

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