clutchy
clutchy adjective: tending to clutch; clingy or grabby.
Adjective
clutchy (comparative more clutchy, superlative most clutchy)
- Tending to clutch; clingy or grabby.
- You're triangulated when a clutchy, cloying kissy-poo couple uses you like a decorative backdrop to their perpetual prom night, when you're just supposed to sit there like a sexless old aunt and say, "Oh, you two."1999, Out, volume 7, number 8, page 104
- It is unavoidable that culture and biology dance together, sometimes in a graceful and seamless tango and at other times a clutchy foxtrot, stepping on each other's toes.2016, Molly K. Zuckerman, Debra L. Martin, New Directions in Biocultural Anthropology, page 43
Forms of clutchy
| comparative | more clutchy |
|---|---|
| superlative | most clutchy |
Origin of clutchy
From clutch + -y.
Words formed from clutchy
Questions about clutchy
- What does clutchy mean?
- Clutchy means tending to clutch; clingy or grabby.
- What part of speech is clutchy?
- Clutchy is an adjective.
Words near clutchy in the dictionary
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