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clutchy

adj

Etymology

From clutch + -y.

  1. derived from *glēk-✻
  2. derived from *klēk-✻
  3. derived from cleche
  4. derived from *glew-✻ — “to ball up; lump, mass”
  5. derived from *klu-✻ — “to ball up, conglomerate, amass”
  6. inherited from *klukjaną✻
  7. inherited from *klukkjan✻
  8. inherited from clyċċan — “to clutch, clench”
  9. inherited from clucchen
  10. suffixed as clutchy — “clutch + y”

Definitions

  1. Tending to clutch

    Tending to clutch; clingy or grabby.

    • You're triangulated when a clutchy, cloying kissy-poo couple uses you like a decorative backdrop to their perpetual prom night, when you're just supposed to sit there like a sexless old aunt and say, "Oh, you two."
    • It is unavoidable that culture and biology dance together, sometimes in a graceful and seamless tango and at other times a clutchy foxtrot, stepping on each other's toes.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA