ALL meanings of latching
latch·ing
L l - noun latching a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc. 1
- verb with object latching to close or fasten with a latch. 1
- verb without object latching to close tightly so that the latch is secured: The door won't latch. 1
- noun latching Present participle of latch. 1
- noun latching (nautical) A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail. 0
- noun latching (linguistics) The situation where one speaker's utterance immediately follows another speaker's utterance, without pause or overlap. 0
- adjective latching Of something that latches. 0