Definition of "hasping" [hasping]

• Present participle of hasp. (verb)

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• "Presently, hasping these things firmly in, she went to the door, and opened it a cautious crack."
• "These were her thoughts as she went about the house, hasping windows and bolting doors, with a dreary sense of the futility of caution."
• "So Nicky-Nan contented himself with closing the door carefully and hasping it."