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claspings

claspings is the plural of clasping.

Meaning of clasping

Noun

clasping (countable and uncountable, plural claspings)

  1. The act by which something is clasped.
    • 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.1892 [January], A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. VII.—The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle.”, in Geo[rge] Newnes, editor, The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume III...

Questions about claspings

What is claspings the plural of?
Claspings is the plural of clasping.

Words near claspings in the dictionary

  1. claspers
  2. claspest
  3. claspeth
  4. claspin
  5. clasping
  6. claspings
  7. claspless
  8. clasps
  9. claspt
  10. class
  11. Class 1

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