LekhoriLekhoriThe claw of a predatory animal or bird.
A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
I muſt have great leiſure, and little care of my ſelf, if I ever more come near the Clutches of ſuch a Giant, who ſeems to write with a Beetle inſtead of a Pen; […]
Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.
NC State made the most of their overtime possession scoring a touchdown on some very clutch plays.
From Middle English clucchen, clicchen, cluchen, clechen, cleken, from Old English clyċċan (“to clutch, clench”), from Proto-West Germanic *klukkjan, from Proto-Germanic *klukjaną, from Proto-Germanic...
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A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs; a sitting.
For instance, baby chicks influence their mother’s behaviour by giving high piercing cheeps when they are lost or cold. This usually has the immediate effect of summoning the mother, who leads the chick back to the main clutch.