latching

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of latch

adj

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

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.