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clutchy en · ADJ

Etymology

From clutch + -y.

Meanings

1. Tending to clutch; clingy or grabby.
   • It is unavoidable that culture and biology dance together, sometimes in a graceful and seamless tango and at other times a clutchy foxtrot, stepping on each other's toes. 2016, Molly K. Zuckerman, Debra L. Martin, New Directions in Biocultural Anthropology, page 43:
   • You're triangulated when a clutchy, cloying kissy-poo couple uses you like a decorative backdrop to their perpetual prom night, when you're just supposed to sit there like a sexless old aunt and say, "Oh, you two." 1999, Out, volume 7, number 8, page 104:

Forms

Deriveds

pearl-clutchy