Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To clutch; catch.
- To stick; adhere; become thick or glutinous.
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- verb Alternative form of
clutch . - noun Alternative form of
clutch .
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Examples
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Once he waved away a briefing paper with a cry of: "This is simply clitch, clitch, clitch."
Hugh Muir's diary 2011
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• Finally, "clitch, clitch, clitch", we said, poking fun at politicians who mangle their pronunciation.
Hugh Muir's diary 2011
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I have experienced this before and thought maybe it was a clitch or that it did not meet editorial policy.
OpEdNews - Diary: Was the article by Frank Schaffer removed? 2009
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Don't laugh - seriously, titter ye not; these things have their uses, and, to add clitch upon clitch as my dad used to say, if it works for you don't knock it.
Archive 2008-10-01 Imogen 2008
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Don't laugh - seriously, titter ye not; these things have their uses, and, to add clitch upon clitch as my dad used to say, if it works for you don't knock it.
Friday lunchtime Imogen 2008
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I assure ye, Pa'son Tarkenham, that in the clitch o 'my knees, where the rain used to come through when I was cutting clots for the new lawn, in old my lady's time, 'tis as if rats wez gnawing, every now and then.
Two on a Tower Thomas Hardy 1884
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Now my problem is a bit of a clitch (kind of an interesting one but unwanted)
AutoHotkey Community 2009
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Tarkenham, that in the clitch o’ my knees, where the rain used to come through when I was cutting clots for the new lawn, in old my lady’s time, ’tis as if rats wez gnawing, every now and then.
Two on a Tower 2006
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