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utter-fingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, cack-handed: He made a
clumsy attempt to put the key in the lock. She gave a clumsy
excuse for being in the bank after hours.
cluster n. 1 collection, bunch, clutch, tuft, bundle: Notice that
cluster of flowers near the top of the plant. 2 collection,
bunch, group, knot, body, band, company, gathering, crowd,
assembly, congregation, throng, flock, assemblage, swarm: A
cluster of well-wishers stood talking with the minister.
--v. 3 collect, bunch, group, band, gather, crowd, congregate,
throng, assemble, accumulate, mass, aggregate: A number of
people clustered round the new sculpture. Why do these flowers
cluster at this tree?
clutch v. 1 seize, snatch, grab, grasp, take or lay hold of; hold; US
snag: She clutched feebly to the rope before losing her grip
and plunging into the abyss below. He clutched the child to his
bosom.
--n. 2 clutches. a grasp at, hold; embrace: We watched as the
gazelle deftly eluded the cheetah's clutches. b influence,
control, power, domination, dominance, possession: He fell into
the clutches of the Triads.
clutter n. 1 mess, litter, jumble; mishmash, olla podrida, confusion,
hash, gallimaufry, hotchpotch or US also hodgepodge, muddle,
farrago, medley: I must insist that you clear up the clutter in
your room at once. That philosophy is a clutter of competing
ideas. 2 confusion, tangle, chaos, disarray: The town was a
clutter of narrow, crooked, dark, and dirty lanes.
--v. 3 Often, clutter up. mess up, litter, strew, make a
shambles of: Please don't clutter up my desk with newspaper
cuttings.
3.6 coach...
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coach n. 1 carriage, bus, omnibus, motor coach: The sightseeing
coach broke down near Exeter. 2 tutor, trainer, instructor,
teacher, mentor, Brit crammer: Her voice coach says she's not