"clutch artist" meaning in English

See clutch artist in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: en-au-clutch artist.ogg [Australia] Forms: clutch artists [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} clutch artist (plural clutch artists)
  1. (idiomatic) A person who drives a motor vehicle, especially one equipped with a manual transmission, in a particularly skillful manner. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-clutch_artist-en-noun-9QhzXqHr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 82 18
  2. (idiomatic, sports) A player who performs especially well in crucial situations. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Sports, People
    Sense id: en-clutch_artist-en-noun-glylROlh Disambiguation of People: 40 60 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for clutch artist meaning in English (4.3kB)

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "clutch artists",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "clutch artist (plural clutch artists)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "76 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1969, Hot Rod, volume 22, page 103",
          "text": "[O]n the highway or merely playing around a good dirt track, the engine exhibits loads of good low rmp torque and flexibility from scratch, but sink those tires in sand and you've got to be a real clutch artist.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006 January 25, Douglas E. Emerson, “On a personal note”, in douglasemerson.com, retrieved 2015-03-03",
          "text": "If you can drive a manual transmission, you have to be a clutch artist to handle brake, accelerator and clutch on an uphill start.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 May 5, EEMDRG, \"Twin Turbos, Twice the Fun!,\" Drag Racer (retrieved 3 March 2015)",
          "text": "Donnie’s used to finessing race cars, he was the clutch artist on Larry Miersch’s Huntington Beach, California-based A/Fuel dragster for five years."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who drives a motor vehicle, especially one equipped with a manual transmission, in a particularly skillful manner."
      ],
      "id": "en-clutch_artist-en-noun-9QhzXqHr",
      "links": [
        [
          "motor vehicle",
          "motor vehicle"
        ],
        [
          "manual transmission",
          "manual transmission"
        ],
        [
          "skillful",
          "skillful"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) A person who drives a motor vehicle, especially one equipped with a manual transmission, in a particularly skillful manner."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sports",
          "orig": "en:Sports",
          "parents": [
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1956 October 28, Dave Campbell, “Trib classic: Baylor's 1st top-10 showdown”, in Waco Herald-Tribune, retrieved 2015-03-03",
          "text": "Roddy Osborne had set up the score with a 32-yard pass to \"clutch artist\" Don Watson.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 February 15, Josh Hill, “NBA Rising Stars Challenge 2013: Team Chuck Or Team Shaq?”, in Fansided, retrieved 2015-03-03",
          "text": "Shaq has perhaps the next great point guard in the NBA in Cleveland Cavaliers clutch artist Kyrie Irving.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 June 3, Rob Winn, “Decisions Await The Blackhawks This Offseason”, in Chicagoist, retrieved 2015-03-03",
          "text": "The Chicago Blackhawks . . . will have a slew of decisions to make and contracts to sign. . . . [T]eam captain Jonathan Toews and designated clutch artist Patrick Kane need extensions.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 January 10, “How Many NBA Playoff Spots Are Still Up for Grabs?”, in yackityyacksports.com, retrieved 2015-03-03",
          "text": "Joe Johnson is still a fourth-quarter clutch artist.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A player who performs especially well in crucial situations."
      ],
      "id": "en-clutch_artist-en-noun-glylROlh",
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "crucial",
          "crucial"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, sports) A player who performs especially well in crucial situations."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-clutch artist.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6e/En-au-clutch_artist.ogg/En-au-clutch_artist.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/En-au-clutch_artist.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "clutch artist"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "clutch artists",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "clutch artist (plural clutch artists)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1969, Hot Rod, volume 22, page 103",
          "text": "[O]n the highway or merely playing around a good dirt track, the engine exhibits loads of good low rmp torque and flexibility from scratch, but sink those tires in sand and you've got to be a real clutch artist.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006 January 25, Douglas E. Emerson, “On a personal note”, in douglasemerson.com, retrieved 2015-03-03",
          "text": "If you can drive a manual transmission, you have to be a clutch artist to handle brake, accelerator and clutch on an uphill start.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 May 5, EEMDRG, \"Twin Turbos, Twice the Fun!,\" Drag Racer (retrieved 3 March 2015)",
          "text": "Donnie’s used to finessing race cars, he was the clutch artist on Larry Miersch’s Huntington Beach, California-based A/Fuel dragster for five years."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who drives a motor vehicle, especially one equipped with a manual transmission, in a particularly skillful manner."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "motor vehicle",
          "motor vehicle"
        ],
        [
          "manual transmission",
          "manual transmission"
        ],
        [
          "skillful",
          "skillful"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) A person who drives a motor vehicle, especially one equipped with a manual transmission, in a particularly skillful manner."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1956 October 28, Dave Campbell, “Trib classic: Baylor's 1st top-10 showdown”, in Waco Herald-Tribune, retrieved 2015-03-03",
          "text": "Roddy Osborne had set up the score with a 32-yard pass to \"clutch artist\" Don Watson.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 February 15, Josh Hill, “NBA Rising Stars Challenge 2013: Team Chuck Or Team Shaq?”, in Fansided, retrieved 2015-03-03",
          "text": "Shaq has perhaps the next great point guard in the NBA in Cleveland Cavaliers clutch artist Kyrie Irving.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 June 3, Rob Winn, “Decisions Await The Blackhawks This Offseason”, in Chicagoist, retrieved 2015-03-03",
          "text": "The Chicago Blackhawks . . . will have a slew of decisions to make and contracts to sign. . . . [T]eam captain Jonathan Toews and designated clutch artist Patrick Kane need extensions.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 January 10, “How Many NBA Playoff Spots Are Still Up for Grabs?”, in yackityyacksports.com, retrieved 2015-03-03",
          "text": "Joe Johnson is still a fourth-quarter clutch artist.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A player who performs especially well in crucial situations."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "crucial",
          "crucial"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, sports) A player who performs especially well in crucial situations."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-clutch artist.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6e/En-au-clutch_artist.ogg/En-au-clutch_artist.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/En-au-clutch_artist.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "clutch artist"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.