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noun
1.
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.
verb (used with object)
2.
to close or fasten with a latch.
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Latches
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
verb (used without object)
Verb phrases3.
to close tightly so that the latch is secured: The door won't latch.
4.
5.
latch onto, Informal.
a.
to take possession of; obtain; get.
b.
to acquire understanding of; comprehend.
c.
to attach oneself to; join in with: The stray dog latched onto the children and wouldn't go home.
Origin:
before 950; 1930–35 for def. 5; Middle English lacchen, Old English lǣccan to take hold of, catch, seize; akin to Greek lázesthai to take
before 950; 1930–35 for def. 5; Middle English lacchen, Old English lǣccan to take hold of, catch, seize; akin to Greek lázesthai to take
Related forms
re·latch, verb (used with object)
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Word Origin & History
latch
O.E. læccan "to grasp or seize," from P.Gmc. *lakkijanan. Not found in other Gmc. languages; probably from PIE *(s)lagw- "to seize" (see analemma). The noun is first recorded 1331, from the verb. Latchkey (1825) is a key to draw back the latch of a door; latchkey
EXPAND child first recorded 1944, Amer.Eng., in ref. to children who come home from school while both parents are at work.
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