clutching
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklʌ.t͡ʃɪŋ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌtʃɪŋ
- Hyphenation: clu‧tching
Verb
clutching
- present participle and gerund of clutch
Derived terms
Noun
clutching (plural clutchings)
- The act of one who clutches.
- 1871, Journal of Psychological Medicine, volume 5, page 83:
- At sight of it there commenced a series of laryngeal spasms, with clutchings at his throat, far more violent than any I had heretofore seen.