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latching

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of latch

adjective

  1. not comparable That latches. 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 latchings

  1. The act of fastening a latch.
  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. The situation where one speaker's utterance immediately follows another speaker's utterance, without pause or overlap.

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@misc{latching_2026,
  title = {latching},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/latching},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}