buckle

Definitions

1. 1noun

   A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through the frame and pierced by the tongue.

2. 2noun

   A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal.

3. 3noun

   A curl of hair, esp. a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled.

4. 4noun

   A contorted expression, as of the face.

5. 5noun

   To fasten or confine with a buckle or buckles; as, to buckle a harness.

6. 6noun

   To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted.

7. 7noun

   To prepare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness; -- generally used reflexively.

8. 8noun

   To join in marriage.

9. 9intransitive verb

   To bend permanently; to become distorted; to bow; to curl; to kink.

10. 10intransitive verb

    To bend out of a true vertical plane, as a wall.

11. 11intransitive verb

    To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.

12. 12intransitive verb

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

13. 13noun

    fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong

14. 14noun

    a shape distorted by twisting or folding

    Synonyms

    warp
15. 15verb

    bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat

    "The highway buckled during the heat wave"

    Synonyms

    heavewarp
16. 16verb

    fold or collapse

    "His knees buckled"

    Synonyms

    crumple
17. 17verb

    fasten with a buckle or buckles

    Synonyms

    clasp