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What is the noun for clutches?

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clutch

The claw of a predatory animal or bird. [from 13th c.]
(by extension) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil. [from 16th c.]
A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used between engine and gearbox in a car. [from 19th c.]
The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission.
Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
(US) An important or critical situation.
Synonyms:

grip, clasp, grasp, clench, grapple, clamp, clinch, gripe, hold, squeeze, vise, handhold, handgrip, catch, death grip, snatch, grab, handclasp, cinch, clamping, brace, wrench, hand grip, hand clasp, tight grip, purchase, crunch, intercept, take, pluck, seize, chokehold, firm grasp, choke hold, shake, handshake, greeting, ahold, control, power, authority, dominion, command, sway, reign, mastery, arm, reins … more

Examples:

“His strong fingers held Josef's fine hand in a tight clutch.”

“One tribe had fought to liberate them from the clutch of a tyrant.”

“Their cheeks were fair to look upon, and their teeth like a clutch of pearls between lips as red as cherry wine.”

clutch

A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs. [from 18th c.]
A group or bunch (of people or things). [from 20th c.]
Synonyms:

Examples:

“His strong fingers held Josef's fine hand in a tight clutch.”

“One tribe had fought to liberate them from the clutch of a tyrant.”

“Their cheeks were fair to look upon, and their teeth like a clutch of pearls between lips as red as cherry wine.”

clutchplate

One of the plates in a clutch (device used in engine etc.).

clutchmate

One born in the same clutch of eggs.

clutcher

One who clutches.
Synonyms:

catcher, grabber, seizer, grasper, snatcher, getter, interceptor, receiver, taker, picker, plucker … more

clutching

The act of one who clutches.
Synonyms:

grappling, handygripes, grabbing, grapple, seizing

clutches

plural of clutch
(plural) Grasp; possession; control.
Synonyms:

control, domination, grasp, grip, claws, command, custody, hands, hold, mastery, power, rule, tyranny, jaws, possession, sway, keeping, evil embrace, personal power, dominion, authority, dominance, charge, grips, grasps, commands, arms, sways, reigns, holds, death grips, tenure, rules, clutch, influence, reign, overlordship, arm, stranglehold, death grip, ascendences, ascendencies, ascendances, strangleholds, ascendency, monopoly, ascendance, ascendence, suppression, reins … more

Examples:

“The end of the school term arrived, and I was finally free from the clutches of evil Physics and Chemistry professors.”

clutchplates

plural of clutchplate

clutchmates

plural of clutchmate

clutchings

plural of clutching
Synonyms:

grapplings, handygripes, grabbings, grapple, seizings

clutchers

plural of clutcher
Synonyms:

catchers, grabbers, seizers, graspers, snatchers, getters, interceptors, receivers, takers, pickers, pluckers … more

Examples:

“I asked an astute hockey observer about the player, whom even a casual looker-on like me recognizes as a skilled player, himself dogged by clutchers and grabbers.”

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