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Latching

adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    That latches. not-comparable

    "A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place."

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of fastening a latch.
  2. 2
    A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail.
  3. 3
    The situation where one speaker's utterance immediately follows another speaker's utterance, without pause or overlap.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of latch form-of, gerund, participle, present

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