Definition of the clutch

clutch, the    

noun - uncountable

• a metaphorical place suggesting a difficult situation or period of time.

  That money you sent me really came through in the clutch.

  • See more words with the same meaning: a period of time.
  • See more words with the same meaning: hard, confusing, difficult, a problem.

  Last edited on Mar 28 2011. Submitted by Brooklyn from New York, NY, USA on Dec 11 2002.

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Other terms relating to 'a period of time':
minute	Definitions include: a long period of time.
tick	Definitions include: a short amount of time.
grip	Definitions include: a long time.
holding pattern	Definitions include: a period of waiting, during which little can be accomplished, until a particular external event occurs.
blip	Definitions include: a short amount of time.
stretch	Definitions include: a period of time.
since Hector was a pup	Definitions include: for a long time.
jiffy	Definitions include: a short amount of time.
sec	Definitions include: "second."
mo	Definitions include: "moment".
days	Definitions include: a long time.
piece	Definitions include: a graffiti mural.
face time	Definitions include: the potential of facilitating one's meeting of other people.
long run, the	Definitions include: the future.
48	Definitions include: 48 hours, i.e. 2 days.
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Other terms relating to 'hard, confusing, difficult, a problem':
confuzling	Definitions include: puzzling or confusing.
do (one's) head in	Definitions include: to greatly confuse a person.
put out fires	Definitions include: to deal with urgent problems (usually at work.)
donezo	Definitions include: "done".
game over	Definitions include: of no more value or no longer cool.
hit some bumps in the road	Definitions include: to encounter difficulties.
done-zo	Definitions include: Alternate spelling of donezo.
mumbo jumbo	Definitions include: speech one doesn't understand - usually jargon specific to a particular field.
behind the eight ball	Definitions include: to be in serious trouble.
solid	Definitions include: a favor or kind deed.
in a bind	Definitions include: to have a difficult-to-solve problem.
pickle	Definitions include: penis.
fight fires	Definitions include: to deal with urgent problems (usually at work.)
bear	Definitions include: a masculine homosexual male.
in over (one's) head	Definitions include: in a situation one can't cope with.
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Other terms relating to 'clutch':
clutch	Definitions include: great; "awesome"; "cool".
clutch player	Definitions include: a member of a sports team who performs well in the clutch.
to clutch	Definitions include: to fail to perform "in the clutch" because of the pressure; the game was on the line and he clutched.
Other terms relating to 'the':
101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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