latching

/L AE1 CH IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To close or lock as if with a latch.

  2. 2

    To catch; lay hold of.

verb
  1. 1

    To smear; to anoint.

noun
  1. 1

    A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail.

  2. 2

    The situation where one speaker's utterance immediately follows another speaker's utterance, without pause or overlap.

adjective
  1. 1

    Of something that latches.

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