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Plural of clutch

regular plural

The plural of clutch is clutches.

Forms of clutch

Singularclutch /ˈklʌt͡ʃ/
Pluralclutches /ˈklʌt͡ʃɪz/
Countablecountable

Clutches in a sentence

  • Once the organization was in his clutches, her future there was bleak.From the entry clutches
  • They had no other option but to hide the Lord from the clutches of the javanas.1998, Salabega, “Where Do You Take My Lord”, in Niranjan Mohanty, transl., White Whispers: (Selected Poems of Salabega): Translated from…. From the entry panda
  • When your enemy is in your clutches, the fighter won't be able to attack.1996, Leslie Swan, Nintendo Player's Guides, Nintendo, page 8. From the entry midair
  • Well, at least they look good, especially after escaping from the clutches of the superspy baddies.1994, Howard Prouty, Variety TV Reviews 1991-92. From the entry superspy
  • Bradly collected Pippies; their trick vanishing was not too swift for his unhandy clutches.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 177. From the entry unhandy

Meaning of clutch

  1. verb To seize, as though with claws.
  2. verb To grip or grasp tightly.
  3. verb To win despite being the only remaining player on one's team, against several opponents.

Full definition of clutch

Questions about the plural of clutch

What is the plural of clutch?
The plural of clutch is clutches.
Is clutch countable?
Clutch is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: clutch (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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