clutch

IPA(Pronunciation)

/klʌt͡ʃ/

Noun

broadly

Japanese Meaning

猛禽類や猛獣の鋭い爪 / （転じて）貪欲または邪悪な意図をもってしっかりと掴む状態

What is this buttons?

The eagle's clutch closed around the rabbit as it soared away.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

ワシの鋭い鉤爪がウサギをつかみ上げ、そのまま飛び去った。

Details

Sense（1）

The claw of a predatory animal or bird.

Sense（2）

(by extension) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.

I muſt have great leiſure, and little care of my ſelf, if I ever more come near the Clutches of ſuch a Giant, who ſeems to write with a Beetle inſtead of a Pen; […]

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Details

Sense（3）

A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.

Sense（4）

Sense（5）

Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.

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Sense（7）

A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.

The clutch which I had made to save myself in falling had torn away from this chin-band and let the lower jaw drop on the breast, but little else was disturbed, and there was Colonel John Mohune resting as he had been laid out a century ago.

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