Larger tires provide more ground clearance, but also can make the machine more susceptible to tipping and can require a clutch kit to work properly.
Six ways to make your ATV even more rugged|By Tyler Freel/Outdoor Life|September 17, 2020|Popular Science
The “necessity” argument may be clutching at straws for companies that, as many do, use their customers’ data for other purposes than the core services they provide.
Time is running out for Big Tech’s monetization of Europeans’ personal data|David Meyer|September 10, 2020|Fortune
As briefly mentioned before, different displacements are also paired with clutch systems that accommodate the skill level of the intended rider.
Your kid wants a dirt bike. Here’s what to buy them.|By Serena Bleeker/Dirt Rider|September 4, 2020|Popular Science
For his part, Anthony — who has redeemed himself in Portland after an abrupt exit from Houston, including by hitting a number of clutch triples late since the restart31 — said his bad-word boarding is mostly a way of hyping himself up.
Carmelo Anthony’s On-Court Cussing Has TV Networks Playing Defense|Chris Herring (chris.herring@fivethirtyeight.com)|August 18, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
The researchers analyzed a clutch of dinosaur eggs found in Mongolia.
Early dinosaurs may have laid soft-shelled eggs|Jack J. Lee|August 3, 2020|Science News For Students
The Kentucky freshman sunk his third game-winning three-pointer in a row, launching fresh claims about his ‘clutch gene.’
Was Aaron Harrison’s Game-Winning Three-Pointer ‘Clutch’?|Robert Silverman|April 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Plenty of us women were enjoying the same behavior (clutch your pearls); it was fun.
Dear Princeton Mom, Stop Telling Me To Husband-Hunt|Emily Shire|February 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I've always loved when girls carry their wallets as a clutch instead of a bag.
Right, it's been fun, but now I am off to find a dark room and clutch a cold compress to my head.
Haizhen Wang Closes London Fashion Week|Tom Sykes|September 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Beatrice completed her going-out ensemble with a cream sweater, bow belt and a plastic pink Zara clutch.
Harry And Cressida Party At Bodo's Schloss in London|Tom Sykes|May 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In every part of the United States he had found a city in the clutch of a corrupt ring.
Once Upon A Time|Richard Harding Davis
But there was nothing at which she could clutch save—but it was sheer madness.
Under the Witches' Moon|Nathan Gallizier
If they wore a head-covering at all, it was a shawl gathered at the throat by the clutch of frost-bitten fingers.
Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp|Annie Roe Carr
At that moment his volatile companion gave his arm a clutch and stopped their walk as if a sudden thought had seized him.
His Grace of Osmonde|Frances Hodgson Burnett
Hold the clutch lever in one hand, while with the other you operate the steering wheel.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them|James H. Stephenson
British Dictionary definitions for clutch (1 of 2)
clutch1
/ (klʌtʃ) /
verb
(tr)to seize with or as if with hands or claws
(tr)to grasp or hold firmly
(intr usually foll by at) to attempt to get hold or possession (of)
noun
a device that enables two revolving shafts to be joined or disconnected as required, esp one that transmits the drive from the engine to the gearbox in a vehicle
a device for holding fast
a firm grasp
a hand, claw, or talon in the act of clutchingin the clutches of a bear
(often plural)power or controlin the clutches of the Mafia
Also called: clutch baga handbag without handles
Word Origin for clutch
Old English clyccan; related to Old Frisian kletsie spear, Swedish klyka clasp, fork
British Dictionary definitions for clutch (2 of 2)
clutch2
/ (klʌtʃ) /
noun
a hatch of eggs laid by a particular bird or laid in a single nest
a brood of chickens
informala group, bunch, or cluster
verb
(tr)to hatch (chickens)
Word Origin for clutch
C17 (Northern English dialect) cletch, from Old Norse klekja to hatch