Buckle

Word BUCKLE
Character 6
Hyphenation buc kle
Pronunciations /ˈbʌk(ə)l/

Definitions and meanings of "Buckle"

What do we mean by buckle?

A clasp for fastening two ends, as of straps or a belt, in which a device attached to one of the ends is fitted or coupled to the other. noun

An ornament that resembles this clasp, such as a metal square on a shoe or hat. noun

An instance of bending, warping, or crumpling; a bend or bulge. noun

To fasten with a buckle. intransitive verb

To cause to bend, warp, or crumple. intransitive verb

To become fastened with a buckle. intransitive verb

To bend, warp, or crumple, as under pressure or heat. intransitive verb

To give way; collapse. intransitive verb

To succumb, as to exhaustion or authority; give in. intransitive verb

To apply oneself with determination. phrasal verb

To use a safety belt, especially in an automobile. phrasal verb

To bend; bow.

To curl; become wrinkled; shrivel up.

To yield assent; agree: with to: as, I can't buckle to that.

To bend to something; apply one's self with vigor; engage in with zeal: with to: as, “go, buckle to the law,”

To enter upon some labor or contest; struggle; contend: with with.

To bend; curl; shrivel as by the application of heat.

A clasp consisting of a rectangular or curved rim, with one or more movable tongues secured to the chape at one side or in the middle, and long enough to rest upon the opposite side: used for fastening together two straps or belts or the ends of the same strap, or for some similar purpose. noun

In heraldry, same as arming-buckle. noun

An iron loop for fastening the blade to the frame of a wood-saw. noun

To distort or collapse under physical pressure; especially, of a slender structure in compression.

To make bend; to cause to become distorted.

To give in; to react suddenly or adversely to stress or pressure (of a person).

To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.

To enter upon some labour or contest; to join in close fight; to contend.

To buckle down; to apply oneself.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Buckle

The word "buckle" in example sentences

This buckle is absolutely beautiful -- so many delicious blueberries! ❋ Laura (2008)

A blueberry buckle is a type of cake that is so laden with fruit that it can actually buckle under its weight. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This buckle is like a moist cake, loaded with fruit and topped with a smattering of crumbs to create a nice crisp topping. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The minute I read that her favorite description of a blueberry buckle is “one giant blueberry muffin” I knew I had found my recipe. ❋ Laura (2008)

It is also superior to the whole grain buckle I made, although that is not surprising as this is far more decadent and less virtuous! ❋ Laura (2008)

Here's another reason to worry about recent signs that the U.S. dollar is again heading south: A slumping dollar could grant much-needed relief to Yankee-baiter Hugo Chávez, whose presidency is beginning to buckle from a shortage of the greenbacks he needs to pay for imports and to keep the national oil monopoly running. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Nashville, Tennessee, is sometimes called the buckle of the Bible Belt because it is home to the national offices of the Southern Baptist Convention, The National Association of Free Will Baptists and the United Methodist Church's publishing house. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The great ironworks adorn it like a row of precious stones, and its buckle is a whole city with castles and cathedrals and great clusters of houses. ❋ Unknown (1911)

North Carolina is sometimes described as the buckle on the Bible Belt, and it's social conservatism often affects its politics. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And those in the stroke "buckle" - an area of the stroke belt that includes the coastal plains of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia - are 40 ❋ Unknown (2010)

With the letter I had filed away a half dozen articles and I ranged them all on the desk in front of me: the letter, the bit of paper with eleven twenty-two on it, that Margery gave me the first time I saw her; a note-book filled with jerky characters that looked like Arabic and were newspaper shorthand; a railroad schedule; a bullet, the latter slightly flattened; a cube-shaped piece of chalk which I put back in its box with a shudder, and labeled 'poison', and a small gold buckle from a slipper, which I – at which I did not shudder. ❋ Unknown (1910)

Then, to make sure the edges didn’t buckle from the glue, I laid wax paper over it and put a weight on it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Each belt’s tubular air bag inflates with cold compressed gas, which flows through a specially designed buckle from a cylinder housed below the seat. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Alongside the buckle was a picture of a much skinnier, much younger cowboy, wearing chaps, a neon-green western shirt with red flames on the sleeves, holding the buckle, almost with a look of surprise on his lean, handsome face. ❋ Lori Armstrong (2011)

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