"buttock-clenching" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more buttock-clenching [comparative], most buttock-clenching [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} buttock-clenching (comparative more buttock-clenching, superlative most buttock-clenching)
  1. (informal) Suspenseful, frightening; causing anxiety. Tags: informal Synonyms: butt-clenching [North-America], frightening
    Sense id: en-buttock-clenching-en-adj-qfivIsho Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2019, John Aston, Driven:",
          "text": "I would zoom through the uphill left-hander at Coppice at a buttock-clenching 90mph (145km/h) in fourth, but on the climb up to Charlies the revs would fall away and third was needed just to maintain speed up the hill.",
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        "(informal) Suspenseful, frightening; causing anxiety."
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