clutching

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklʌtʃɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ʌtʃɪŋ

Verb

clutching

  1. present participle of clutch

Noun

clutching (plural clutchings)

  1. 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.
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