clasping

English

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Verb

clasping

1. present participle of clasp

Noun

clasping (countable and uncountable, plural claspings)

1. The act by which something is clasped.
   • 1891 July – 1892 June, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, London: George Newnes, […], published 1892 October 14, →OCLC:

     Nothing had been said during our drive, but the high, thin breathing of our new companion, and the claspings and unclaspings of his hands, spoke of the nervous tension within him.

Anagrams

• placings, scalping