Clutch [kluhch]

--verb

    1.  To grasp and hold tightly.

    2.  To seize; snatch.

--noun

    1.  a mechanism for readily engaging or disengaging a shaft with or from another shaft or rotating part.  Compare COUPLING (def. 2a).

    2.  an extremely important or crucial moment of a game:  He was famous for his coolness in hitting in the clutch.

    3.  the baddest mother fucker to ever hit the baseball diamond.