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clutch
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kl?t??/
- Rhymes: -?t?
Etymology 1
From Middle English clucchen, clicchen, cluchen, clechen, cleken, from Old English cly??an (“to clutch, clench”), from Proto-Germanic *klukjan?, from Proto-Germanic *klu- (“to ball up, conglomerate, amass”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to ball up; lump, mass”).Cognate with Swedish klyka (“clamp, fork, branch”). The noun is from Middle English cleche, cloche, cloke ("claw, talon, hand"; compare Scots cleuk, cluke, cluik (“claw, talon”)), of uncertain origin, with the form probably assimilated to the verb.
Alternative etymology derives Old English cly??an from Proto-Germanic *kl?k- (“claw, hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *gl?k-, *?l??- (“claw, hand; to clutch, snatch”). If so, then cognate with Irish glac (“hand”).
Alternative forms
- cletch, clitch, cleach (dialectal)
- cleak, cleek, cleik, click (dialectal)
- clouch (obsolete)
Verb
clutch (third-person singular simple present clutches, present participle clutching, simple past and past participle clutched)
- To seize, as though with claws. [from 14th c.]
- a. 1700, Jeremy Collier, A Thought
- A man may set the poles together in his head, and clutch the whole globe at one intellectual grasp.
- a. 1700, Jeremy Collier, A Thought
- To grip or grasp tightly. [from 17th c.]
Synonyms
- (grip or grasp tightly): clasp, grasp, grip; See also Thesaurus:grasp
Translations
Noun
clutch (plural clutches)
- 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.]
- the clutch of poverty
- 1676, Edward Stillingfleet, A defence of the discourse concerning the idolatry practised in the Church of Rome […]
- I must have […] little care of myself, if I ever more come near the clutches of such a giant.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 57
- You scold yourself; you know it is only your nerves—and yet, and yet... In a little while, it is impossible to resist the terror that seizes you, and you are helpless in the clutch of an unseen horror.
- A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car. [from 19th c.]
- The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.
- 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.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
- The clutch which I had made to save myself in falling had torn away from this chin-band and let the lower jaw drop on the breast, but little else was disturbed, and there was Colonel John Mohune resting as he had been laid out a century ago.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
Synonyms
- (small handbag): clutch bag
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Variant form of cletch, from Middle English cleken (“to hatch”), perhaps from Old Norse klekja (“to hatch”).
Noun
clutch (plural clutches) (collective)
- A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs. [from 18th c.]
- A group or bunch (of people or things). [from 20th c.]
- 2012, The Economist, 22nd Sep., Innovation in Government: Britain's Local Labs
- No longer would Britons routinely blame the national government when things went wrong. Instead they would demand action from a new clutch of elected mayors, police commissioners and the like.
- 2012, The Economist, 22nd Sep., Innovation in Government: Britain's Local Labs
Derived terms
- clutch initiation
- subclutch
Translations
Verb
clutch (third-person singular simple present clutches, present participle clutching, simple past and past participle clutched)
- (transitive) To hatch.
Etymology 3
Unknown; possibly analagous to clinch, pinch, which have similar senses.
Noun
clutch (plural clutches)
- (US) An important or critical situation.
Translations
Adjective
clutch (comparative more clutch, superlative most clutch)
- (US, Canada) Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.
Derived terms
- clutch artist
- clutch hitter
References
- clutch at OneLook Dictionary Search
- clutch in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- cultch
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- kløtsj
Etymology
From English clutch
Noun
clutch m (definite singular clutchen, indefinite plural clutcher, definite plural clutchene)
- a clutch (device between engine and gearbox)
- clutch pedal
- trå in clutchen - step on the clutch
Synonyms
- kobling
- kopling
References
- “clutch” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- kløtsj
Etymology
From English clutch
Noun
clutch m (definite singular clutchen, indefinite plural clutchar, definite plural clutchane)
- a clutch (device between engine and gearbox)
- (short form of) clutch pedal (as in English)
Synonyms
- kopling
References
- “clutch” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?klot??/, [?klot??]
Noun
clutch m (plural clutches)
- Alternative form of cloche
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snap
English
Etymology
From Dutch snappen (“to bite; seize”) or Low German snappen (“to bite; seize”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *snapp?n? (“to snap; snatch; chatter”), intensive form of *snap?n? ("to snap; grab"; > Old Norse snapa (“to get; scrounge”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ksnew- (“to scrape; scratch; grate; rub”). Cognate with West Frisian snappe (“to get; catch; snap”), German schnappen (“to grab”), Swedish snappa (“to snatch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /snæp/
- Rhymes: -æp
Noun
snap (countable and uncountable, plural snaps)
- A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
- A sudden break.
- An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
- The act of making a snapping sound by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm.
- A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
- (informal) A photograph; a snapshot.
- We took a few snaps of the old church before moving on.
- The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
- A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.
- a ginger snap
- A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
- A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.
- It'll be a snap to get that finished.
- I can fix most vacuum cleaners in a snap.
- A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
- (American football) A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.
- (somewhat colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
- (Britain, regional) A small meal, a snack; lunch.
- 1913, D H Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin 2006, page 89:
- When I went to put my coat on at snap time, what should go runnin' up my arm but a mouse.
- 1913, D H Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin 2006, page 89:
- (uncountable) A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.
- (obsolete) A greedy fellow.
- That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.
- He's a nimble fellow, / And alike skill'd in every liberal science, / As having certain snaps of all.
- briskness; vigour; energy; decision
- (slang, archaic) Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. used primarily in the phrase soft snap.
- 1920, Cornell Forester (volumes 1-6)
- The Profs they lead a jolly life, jolly life, / They're free from every care and strife, care and strife. / They make the studes, poor studes fall into line; / I wish the Profs' soft snap were mine.
- 1920, Cornell Forester (volumes 1-6)
- (slang) Something that is easy or effortless.
- 2003, Clive Selwood, All the Moves (but None of the Licks) (page 33)
- The job was a snap. I travelled the country averaging a thousand miles a week and, since the previous incumbent had been a lazy bugger, managed to treble the business. It was a cinch.
- 2003, Clive Selwood, All the Moves (but None of the Licks) (page 33)
- A snapper, or snap beetle.
- (physics, humorous) jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop
- A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
- (colloquial) Something of no value.
- not worth a snap
- (Internet) A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.
- 2014, Newton Lee, Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness, p. 51:
- By April 2014, over 700 million snaps are shared per day on Snapchat — more than Facebook, WhatsApp, and other social networks.
- 2015, Suse Barnes, Like, Follow, Share: Awesome, Actionable Social Media Marketing to Maximise Your Online Potential, p. 238:
- The oldest snaps will be deleted after 24 hours, and to keep the story going you'll have to add new content regularly.
- 2015, Yuval Karniel, Amit Lavie-Dinur, Privacy and Fame: How We Expose Ourselves across Media Platforms, p. 120:
- While Snapchat bases its whole product marketing on the auto-deletion of the snaps (images and videos) so that they are not stored, recent reports indicate otherwise.
- 2014, Newton Lee, Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness, p. 51:
- (uncountable) A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.
- A tool used by riveters.
- A tool used by glass-moulders.
- (slang, dated) A brief theatrical engagement.
- (slang, dated) A cheat or sharper.
- A newsflash.
- 2013, Paul Chantler, ?Peter Stewart, Basic Radio Journalism (page 159)
- A 'snap' usually becomes a 'newsflash' on air. Keep snaps short, only run them when news is really 'hot', and try not to break a story within a few minutes of the bulletin unless it is top priority.
- 2013, Paul Chantler, ?Peter Stewart, Basic Radio Journalism (page 159)
Derived terms
- bang snap
- snapless
- snappish
- snappy
- snap roll
Translations
Verb
snap (third-person singular simple present snaps, present participle snapping, simple past and past participle snapped or (obsolete) snapt)
- (intransitive, transitive) To fracture or break apart suddenly.
- He snapped his stick in anger.
- If you bend it too much, it will snap.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
- But this weapon will snap short, unfaithful to the hand that employs it.
- (intransitive) To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
- Blazing firewood snaps.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize or bite with the teeth, beak, etc.
- A dog snaps at a passenger. A fish snaps at the bait.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize with eagerness.
- She snapped at the chance to appear on television.
- (intransitive) To speak abruptly or sharply.
- (intransitive) To give way abruptly and loudly.
- (intransitive) To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.
- She should take a break before she snaps.
- (intransitive) To flash or appear to flash as with light.
- (intransitive) To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
- (intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.
- The floating toolbar will snap to the edge of the screen when dragged towards it.
- (transitive) To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
- He, by playing too often at the mouth of death, has been snapped by it at last.
- (transitive) To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
- (transitive) To say abruptly or sharply.
- (transitive, dated) To speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Granville to this entry?)
- (transitive) To cause something to emit a snapping sound, especially by closing it rapidly.
- to snap a fastener
- to snap a whip
- (transitive) To close something using a snap as a fastener.
- (transitive) To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm; alternatively, by bringing the index finger quickly down onto the middle finger and thumb.
- (transitive) To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
- (transitive) To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).
- (transitive, American football) To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).
- He can snap the ball to a back twenty yards behind him.
- To misfire.
- The gun snapped.
- (cricket, transitive) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
Derived terms
Translations
Interjection
snap!
- The cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.
- (Britain, Australia) By extension from the card game, "I've got one the same!", "Me too!"
- Snap! We've both got pink buckets and spades.
- (Britain) Ritual utterance of agreement (after the cry in the card game snap).
- (Canada, US) Used in place of expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.
- "I just ran over your phone with my car." "Oh, snap!"
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.
- "Wasn't that John?" "Wasn't that John?" "Snap!"
Synonyms
- (used after simultaneous utterance): jinx
Translations
Adjective
snap (not comparable)
- (informal, attributive) Done, made, performed, etc., quickly and unexpectedly, or without deliberation.
- 1889, The Kansas City Medical Index-Lancet, volume 10, issue 8:
- Now I should consider it a very snap judgment or a snap diagnosis for anybody to come into a medical society
- 1889, The Kansas City Medical Index-Lancet, volume 10, issue 8:
Derived terms
- snap election
See also
- Snap (game) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- snap at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- ANPs, NPAS, NSPA, PANs, PNAS, PNAs, Pans, SPAN, naps, pans, span
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
snap
- first-person singular present indicative of snappen
- imperative of snappen
Anagrams
- span
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
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Noun
snap m (genitive singular snaip, plural snapan)
- trigger (of a gun)
- morsel
Derived terms
- snapach (“having a trigger; that misses fire; that fires; that strikes fast”)
Verb
snap (past snap, future snapaidh, verbal noun snapadh, past participle snapta)
- pull a trigger
- misfire
Derived terms
- snapaireachd (“snapping, snapping sound, as that caused by pulling the trigger of a gun”)
References
- “snap” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
Spanish
Noun
snap m (plural snaps)
- snap (photograph)
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