A device with interlocking parts used for fastening things together, such as a fastener or a holder.
I always have a hard time working the clasp on this necklace!
A bar or insignia on a medal ribbon, to either indicate an additional award of the medal, or the action or service for which it was awarded.
An embrace, a grasp, or handshake.
He took her hand in a firm clasp.
Noun dated ca. 1300 and verb dated ca. 1400; from Middle English claspe (“metal catch or hook used to hold things together”), possible metathesis of clapse, which comes from or related to Old English ...
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To shut or fasten together with, or as if with, a clasp.
To cling.