Adjective: Performing well in a difficult situation[edit]
2023 January 16, D.W. Gibson, “When Everything Goes Wrong, There’s Always New York”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
“I love the neighborhood,” Mr. Abeleda said. His favorite haunts include Roberta’s for pizza and Mission Sandwich Social. “Also,” he added, “Trader Joe’s has been so clutch.”
Verb: (video games) To win in a 1VX situation[edit]
2019, Morten Christian Heuser, Cyborg Ethnography[2], Aalborg University, page 65:
This poor lonely player would then be expected to clutch, winning the round in a so called “1 versus X” situation.
2020, Janne Helminen, quoting a participant, Effects of Failure and Avatar Death in Multiplayer Online Shooter Games[3], page 35:
The way you get into the game, and feel the intensity, the gun battles, clutching a 3v1 that is what makes this game so good when it come to winning.
2021, Maciej Behnke, Patrycja Chwiłkowska, Lukasz D Kaczmarek, quoting a gamer, “What makes male gamers angry, sad, amused, and enthusiastic while playing violent video games?”, in Entertainment Computing[4], volume 37, Elsevier, →DOI, →ISSN, page 21:
I was the last one left alive versus 4 other enemies. The intensity of this 1v4 was insane. My heart was essentially beating out of my chest. I clutched the round and we won.