clutch vs hatch

clutch

verb
  • To hatch. 

  • To unexpectedly or luckily succeed in a difficult activity. 

  • To seize, as though with claws. 

  • To grip or grasp tightly. 

  • To win in a 1vX (one versus X) situation. 

noun
  • The claw of a predatory animal or bird. 

  • An important or critical situation. 

  • A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs. 

  • A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car. 

  • A fastener that attaches to the back of a tack pin to secure an accessory to clothing. (See Clutch (pin fastener).) 

  • A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle. 

  • A group or bunch (of people or things). 

  • Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle. 

  • A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil. 

  • The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels. 

  • A difficult maneuver 

adj
  • Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations. 

hatch

verb
  • To close with a hatch or hatches. 

  • To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (cross-hatch). 

  • To devise. 

  • To emerge from an egg. 

  • To break open when a young animal emerges from it. 

  • To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch. 

noun
  • A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time. 

  • A trapdoor. 

  • An opening into, or in search of, a mine. 

  • The act of hatching. 

  • A gullet. 

  • A birth, the birth records (in the newspaper). 

  • A floodgate; a sluice gate. 

  • An opening through the deck of a ship or submarine 

  • A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling. 

  • Development; disclosure; discovery. 

  • A bedstead. 

  • A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance. 

  • A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish. 

  • An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through. 

  • The phenomenon, lasting 1–2 days, of large clouds of mayflies appearing in one location to mate, having reached maturity. 

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