Definition of clutch
clutch 
adjective
- great; "awesome"; "cool".
Citation from "Nepotism", The Office (TV, 2010), Season 7 Episode 1 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Pepsi is the clutchest chaser when drinking.
- See more words with the same meaning: good, okay, cool, awesome, fun.
Last edited on Apr 12 2013. Submitted by steph from WI, USA on Feb 16 2000.
- helpful during a difficult situation or period of time. Something that "came through in the clutch", that is, came through in a difficult or trying time.
That money you sent me was clutch.
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Last edited on Dec 11 2002. Submitted by Brooklyn from New York, NY, USA on Dec 11 2002.
noun
- a difficult or trying time. Often used in sports to describe a player or team's ability (or inability) to deliver when peak performance is needed.
"Big-time players deliver in the clutch." Kurt Johnson, Roseville Press-Tribune.
"David Wright has been wrong in the clutch for Mets." Peter Botte, NY Daily News.
- See more words with the same meaning: hard, confusing, difficult, a problem.
Last edited on Dec 11 2002. Submitted by Brooklyn from New York, NY, USA on Dec 11 2002.
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