Clutch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clutched p. pr. & vb. n. Clutching.]
1. To seize, clasp, or grip with the hand, hands, or claws; -- often figuratively; as, to clutch power.
A man may set the poles together in his head, and clutch the whole globe at one intellectual grasp. --Collier.
Is this a dagger which I see before me . . . ?
Come, let me clutch thee. --Shak.
2. To close tightly; to clinch.
Not that I have the power to clutch my hand. --Shak.