Clutch vs Jam - What's the difference?
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To seize, as though with claws.
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To grip or grasp tightly.
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The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
(by extension) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
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A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used between engine and gearbox in a car.
The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission.
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.
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(US) An important or critical situation.
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(US) Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.
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A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs.
A group or bunch (of people or things).
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clutch pedal
A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts.
(countable) A difficult situation.
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(countable) Blockage, congestion.
An informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal.
(countable, baseball) A difficult situation for a pitcher or defending team.
(countable, basketball) A forceful dunk.
(countable, roller derby) A play during which points can be scored.
(climbing, countable) Any of several maneuvers requiring wedging of an extremity into a tight space.
(UK) luck.
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To get something stuck in a confined space.
To brusquely force something into a space; cram, squeeze.
To cause congestion or blockage. Often used with "up"
To block or confuse a broadcast signal.
(baseball) To throw a pitch at or near the batter's hands.
(music) To play music (especially improvisation as a group, or an informal unrehearsed session).
To injure a finger or toe by sudden compression of the digit's tip.
(roller derby) To attempt to score points.
(nautical) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
Clutch is a related term of jam.
As a verb clutch
is to seize, as though with claws.As a noun clutch
is the claw of a predatory animal or bird or clutch can be a brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs.As an adjective clutch
is (us) performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.As a symbol jam is
the iso 3166-1 three-letter (alpha-3) code for jamaica.clutch
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) clucchen, clicchen, cluchen, clechen, cleken, from (etyl) . Cognate with (etyl) , of uncertain origin, with the form probably assimilated to the verb. Alternative etymology derives Old English clyccan from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l), (l), (l) (dialectal) * (l), (l), (l), (l) (dialectal) * (l) (obsolete)Verb
(es)- to clutch power
- A man may set the poles together in his head, and clutch the whole globe at one intellectual grasp.
- Is this a dagger which I see before me ? / Come, let me clutch thee.
- She clutched her purse tightly and walked nervously into the building.
- Not that I have the power to clutch my hand.
Noun
(es)- the clutch of poverty
- an expiring clutch at popularity
- I must have little care of myself, if I ever more come near the clutches of such a giant.
- 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.
- The clutch which I had made to save myself in falling had torn away 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.
Synonyms
* clutch bag (small handbag)Adjective
(en adjective)- I start with his most obvious characteristic: he was clutch'. He is Mr. '''Clutch'''. In the last chapter I mentioned that Bernie Williams was '''clutch''', which was a valid assessment, but nobody on the Yankees was as ' clutch as Jeter was.
Etymology 2
Variant form of (cletch), from (etyl) .Noun
(es)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.
Alternative forms
*Noun
(nb-noun-m1)- trå in clutchen - step on the clutch
Synonyms
* (l) * (l)References
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English
, a type of jam, spread on a piece of breadEtymology 1
Noun
- I’m in a jam right now. Can you help me out?
- She was married when we first met
- Soon to be divorced
- I helped her out of a jam , I guess
- But I used a little too much force.
- A traffic jam caused us to miss the game's first period.
- a jam of logs in a river
- He's in a jam now, having walked the bases loaded with the cleanup hitter coming to bat.
- Toughie scored four points in that jam .
- I used a whole series of fist and foot jams in that crack.
- He's got more jam than Waitrose.
Synonyms
* (sweet mixture of fruit) conserve, (US) jelly, preserve * See alsoDerived terms
* jamjar * jammy * jam band * jam roly poly * jam sandwich * jam session * jam tart * jam tomorrow * log jam * Murrumbidgee jam * pearl jam * power jam * toe jam * traffic jam * want jam on it * climbing: ** hand jam ** finger jam ** fist jam ** foot jam ** pinkie jam ** ring jam ** thumb-down jamSee also
* jelly * marmaladeVerb
(jamm)- My foot got jammed in a gap between the rocks.
- Her poor little baby toe got jammed in the door.
- I jammed the top knuckle of my ring finger.
- They temporarily stopped the gas tank leak by jamming a piece of taffy into the hole.
- The rush-hour train was jammed with commuters.
- A single accident can jam the roads for hours.
- Jones was jammed by the pitch.
- When he tripped on the step he jammed his toe.
- Toughie jammed four times in the second period.