hinging

Variant of hinge

hinge definition

hinge (hinj)

noun

  1. a joint or device on which a door, gate, lid, etc. swings
  2. a natural joint, as of the bivalve shell of a clam or oyster
  3. a thin, gummed piece of paper, folded for fastening a stamp in an album
  4. anything on which matters turn or depend; cardinal point or principle; pivot

Etymology: ME, earlier henge (vowel raised before nasal) < hengen (< ON hengja) or < hangen: see hang

transitive verb hinged, hinging hing′·ing

to equip with or attach by a hinge

intransitive verb

to hang as on a hinge; be contingent; depend hopes hinging on his success

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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