To grip or grasp tightly.
To unexpectedly or luckily succeed in a difficult activity.
To hatch.
To seize, as though with claws.
To win in a 1vX (one versus X) situation.
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
Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.
To move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry.
To consider highly valuable; to esteem.
That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.
An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.
Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
Having won a prize; award-winning.
First-rate; exceptional.