clutch vs sitting

clutch

noun
  • A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs. 

  • The claw of a predatory animal or bird. 

  • An important or critical situation. 

  • 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 

verb
  • To unexpectedly or luckily succeed in a difficult activity. 

  • To hatch. 

  • To seize, as though with claws. 

  • To grip or grasp tightly. 

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

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

sitting

noun
  • A clutch of eggs laid by a brooding bird. 

  • Uninterrupted application to anything for a time; the period during which one continues at anything. 

  • A legislative session (in the sense of "meeting", not "period"). 

  • The incubation of eggs by a bird. 

  • A seance or other session with a medium or fortuneteller. 

  • A period during which one is seated for a specific purpose. 

  • A special seat allotted to a seat-holder, at church, etc. 

  • The part of the year in which judicial business is transacted. 

adj
  • Occupying a specific official or legal position; incumbent. 

  • Executed from a sitting position. 

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