buckle
Other forms: buckled; buckles; buckling
A buckle is a clasp or fastener, such as the one on the end of a belt. In the old days, not only belts but also shoes had buckles.
When you fasten your belt buckle, you can say you buckle it — you also buckle your seat belt and buckle a kid's bike helmet under his chin. When the ground buckles during an earthquake, it folds or bends out of shape, and when your knees buckle, you could fall. You might also buckle under pressure or stress. The Latin root word is buccula, "cheek strap of a helmet."
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fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prongtypes:belt bucklethe buckle used to fasten a belt
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fasten with a buckle or buckles
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bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat“The highway buckled during the heat wave”types:liftrise upward, as from pressure or moisturetype of:change surfaceundergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface
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fold or collapse
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consent reluctantly
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a shape distorted by twisting or foldingsynonyms: warp
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