buckle
verb /ˈbʌkl/
/ˈbʌkl/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they buckle | /ˈbʌkl/ /ˈbʌkl/ |
| he / she / it buckles | /ˈbʌklz/ /ˈbʌklz/ |
| past simple buckled | /ˈbʌkld/ /ˈbʌkld/ |
| past participle buckled | /ˈbʌkld/ /ˈbʌkld/ |
| -ing form buckling | /ˈbʌklɪŋ/ /ˈbʌklɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to fasten something or be fastened with a buckle
- buckle something She buckled her belt.
- buckle something on/up He buckled on his sword.
- These shoes buckle at the side.
- [intransitive, transitive] to become bent, damaged or broken under a weight or force; to bend, damage or break something in this way
- buckle (under something) The steel frames began to buckle under the strain.
- (figurative) A weaker man would have buckled under the pressure.
- buckle something The crash buckled the front of my car.
- [intransitive] when your knees or legs buckle or when you buckle at the knees, your knees become weak and you start to fall
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French bocle, from Latin buccula ‘cheek strap of a helmet’, from bucca ‘cheek’. Senses (2 and 3) are from French boucler ‘to bulge’.
