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hasping

hasping is the present participle and gerund of hasp.

Meaning of hasp

Verb

hasp (third-person singular simple present hasps, present participle hasping, simple past and past participle hasped)

  1. (transitive) To shut or fasten with a hasp, or as with a hasp.
    • He is hasped and hooped and hirpling with pain,
      limping and looped in it.1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 31

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Questions about hasping

What is hasping the present participle and gerund of?
Hasping is the present participle and gerund of hasp.

Words near hasping in the dictionary

  1. hasna
  2. hasnae
  3. hasnt
  4. hasp
  5. hasped
  6. hasping
  7. hasps
  8. hass
  9. Hass avocado
  10. Hass avocados
  11. hassa

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