clasping

English

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Verb

clasping

1. present participle of clasp

Noun

clasping (plural claspings)

1. The act by which something is clasped.
   • Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

     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