1. a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism; - Example: "he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other" [syn: clutch, clutch pedal]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
clutch pedal
n 1: a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating
shaft and a driving mechanism; "he smoothely released the
clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other"
[syn: clutch, clutch pedal]