buckle

1. n. 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. Source: opted

2. n. A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal. Source: opted

3. n. A curl of hair, esp. a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled. Source: opted

4. n. A contorted expression, as of the face. Source: opted

5. n. To fasten or confine with a buckle or buckles; as, to buckle a harness. Source: opted

6. n. To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted. Source: opted

7. n. To prepare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness; -- generally used reflexively. Source: opted

8. n. To join in marriage. Source: opted

9. v. i. To bend permanently; to become distorted; to bow; to curl; to kink. Source: opted

10. v. i. To bend out of a true vertical plane, as a wall. Source: opted

11. v. i. To yield; to give way; to cease opposing. Source: opted

12. v. i. To enter upon some labor or contest; to join in close fight; to struggle; to contend. Source: opted

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